Maybe look into some light weight, supple road tires and run them tubeless with sealant? It's common in the MTB world, so maybe it would work for a road bike? I'd do lots of research first, though. That would give you a really nice ride and save you the trouble of flats associated with tubular tires on poor condition streets.

See above. They were in a prime location on the highest rent street in the city, which is already known for high rent(could have probably just moved a couple streets over and saved a Lot), and they probably had more internet business than in store business because it was a crap store. Poor customer service and not very good. One of the mechanics was going to try to cram a course threaded bolt into my fine thread Dura-Ace brake caliper that had lost a bolt. Thank god I was standing there and stopped him! I also had the owner try to lecture me on why my shifters(which I didn't ask him about) sucked and how I should upgrade. They worked great, didn't have the problem he claimed "all of those shifters had" and were cool vintage shifters. I only went there because I had heard they were a shop into vintage bikes. I love bikes, and love local bike shops, but after two visits and two bad experiences, good riddance to that one. /rant