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@hippy
To answer your question..
It depends!
I change tyres based on what I'm doing and what I think the road surface will be like.
Eg. I used the Paves for Tour of Ireland because I was expecting shit roads (and they're green!).
I used Rubino Pro for L2P because I was used to them and was not expecting to be going balls out all the time and wanted extra puncture protection because I didnt' know how the follow car situation was going to work. In hindsight I should've used lighter Corsas since for any mechanicals the follow car would do a wheel swap.. losing me very little time.
For club runs I use Rubino Pro.. cheap and cheerful with no concern for speed and the CHilterns are littered with sharp bits of flint that will fucking EAT contis for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
For TTs I've tried the super duper Open Corsa Evo blah blah 320tpi bollocks and I've also tried skinnier (20mm) Diamante Pros. I didn't really get on with the skinnier tyres.. out west the roads are rough as guts and at high pressure you get beat up a bit.
If I was racing crits I might go back to Pro Race.
In summary, for general non-race, lots of mileage, long riding cheap, reliable and actually pretty light tyres.. Rubino Pro. ANd before someone chimes in with "ooh they're slippery".. If you stack it in the wet you were going too fast/can't handle your bike so suck me. :)