I do. Luckily, our roads up here in Vermont are relatively glass-free, and we have more bikes on the road in season than any other rural environment I have visited in the US. I won't say that all drivers are courteous, but they don't treat riders like they are insane or from Mars.
I have to ride 3 1/2 miles of dirt to get to pavement on my 20-mile commute. I like to ride fast, so I prefer to ride light wheels. I have a heck of a time with snake bites on narrow clinchers on the dirt road, but have never flatted on sewups on dirt. That, and the ease of changing tires on sewups is why I ride them. Sewup glue does lose some adhesion in rain, but it takes a lot longer than the time you are likely to be commuting, and it's not likely you're going to be cornering hard in the rain, so I wouldn't worry about it. I've never rolled a tire, and I've done plenty of rain miles. I've been riding sewups since '73.
If I lived in a more glass-prone area, I would ride clinchers, as I am too much of a cheapskate, though I used to ride sewups in Albany, New York, home of the broken bottle, until I got too lazy to patch the darn things.
Steve Barner, Bolton, Vermont
> Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:37:43 -0400
\r?\n> From: Roland Hilgarth <photo1@osmiumtet.com>
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Subject: [CR]Does anybody use tubulars on commuter bikes?
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Hi all,
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Sorry if this is off topic, but I have a set of Mavic tubular wheels
\r?\n> and am trying to decide if I want to put them on a 1986 vintage Puch
\r?\n> Mistral Leader frame.
\r?\n> The questions I have is has anybody done this and how do the tires hold
\r?\n> up to being out in weather conditions; i.e. rain etc. I am not
\r?\n> planning on riding in the
\r?\n> snow or anything I just worry about the durability of the glue that
\r?\n> holds the tire to the rim. Thanks for your help.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> Roland Hilgarth
\r?\n> Lexington KY