I have to wonder what tires everyone's used to riding to think that there's such a big difference between tubulars and clinchers. I ride tubulars on my old racing bikes and clinchers on the newer ones. A clincher that impresses me for a supple ride is the Lithion, which is reasonably light, long-lasting, and comes in a bunch of colors. I find the Rallys to be rather fragile, but they're always the cheapest so I keep buying them. PBK is out of them right now, but the last ones I bought were ~$15 each shipped.