I guess i should've put faster in quotes. I meant centruries or brevets that I might push a little harder and faster on, but not try to keep up w/ anyone on their 19 pound road rockets.

Thanks for everyone's help. Still not sure what I want, but I think I might stay away from the Contis because they seem to have some quality control issues - some people get awesome tires that last forever, some tires crap out pretty quickly. The Ritchey Alphabite that was suggest looks like just what the doctor ordered, except for no puncture protection (I was cruising around town today on my old beater mountain bike w/ armadillo hemisphere and had to run over plenty of glass).