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@BillB
Someone does a tubular clencher, basically a tubular tyre so you save the weight, but it has two beads moulded into the rubber so fits a clencher wheel, no gluing. that would be your best solution IMHO if you want to try tubulars, if they prove to be too big a PITA you can go back to regular rubber.
I'll add a link to the tyre if I can find it in my history.
Google is my friend: http://www.poshbikes.com/make.php?13
the weight saving is rotational so your wheel can spin up and slow down quicker and easier regardless of how much extra weight YOU are carrying.