I've been running Forte Slick City 1.25" tires from Performance for $10 apiece (sometimes on sale for cheaper). Probably not as durable as some other city tires but quite light and completely slick.


Black Baron Day 8 by Lester Of Puppets, on Flickr

One of these days I'll learn that super long valve stems aren't a special order item anymore and start looking on the package for that info...