Originally Posted by
noglider
A friend of mine tried Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires and was disgusted when they arrive and he felt the weight in his hands. Then he tried them and was super-impressed at how they felt better than tires that weigh half as much. I don't know how Schwalbe does it.
You should also consider some Continental tires such as the Super Sport. I believe that model has a reflective strip available. These companies have made some breakthroughs where puncture protection has a "cost" to performance so low that they actually perform better than tires with no puncture protection designed in.
I commute on Schwalbe Marathon Plus's 700C25s - they don't meet all of your points, but a fair #
They wear like iron - I tend to get over 15000 miles on a set of tires, and rarely have a flat during the life of the tire.
They roll pretty well
They are not bad in the wet so long as they still have some decent tread on them (first 12,000 miles or so)
They have reflective side walls
As far as the bad goes, they are very hard to mount.
My LBS has to special order them for me - but since you are in Portland, you can probably find them off the rack!
They are not cheap, unless you consider per mile costs.