OK, since we're talking survey:
I'm a tubular guy - all four of my road bikes are running tubulars, including the four year old, way out of period Fuji. Hey, when I got back into the sport, I went back to what I knew. Figured I could learn new stuff once I was back in shape.
However . . . . . the '69 Magneet, being my long haul fendered/panniered bike, has a set of 27" clincher wheels, too, currently running 27x1 - 110lb tyres, with a set of common 27x1-1/4 gumwalls available for switching over. We're talking identical Maillard hubs, to make the swap quick and simple. There's more than a few "improved" dirt and gravel roads around my area, and one place I will not take tubulars is off-pavement.
Still haven't gotten around to riding modern 700c clinchers. I keep getting put-off by everyone (lbs' and private individuals, both) telling me they're "99% as good as tubulars, without any of the drawbacks". As I've never found any drawbacks to tubs, why should I give up that 1%?
Syke Deranged Few M/C
"France backed off its pledge to send seventeen hundred troops to Lebanon Thursday and offered to send two hundred. No wonder we keep testing positive in their bicycle races. Everyone looks like they're full of testosterone when they're surrounded by Frenchmen." ---Argus Hamilton
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