i'm just here, as a super huge wheel & tire geek, to say that of many wheel sets i am lucky to have the one that puts the biggest smile on my face is a set of old school ambrosio nemesis tubular rims with a set of 28c paris-roubaix tires glued on.

they used to be the pro-tour choice for the cobbled classics.

magic carpet.

probably not so pertinent to the OP's question ('cept that they ARE aluminum tubulars and can be considered race wheels....which is a coho that is not so easy to find these days), but i just had to bring 'em up.