I just took my Shimano DH 3N72 wheel out for the first real ride. I still have my cycling clothes on from the ride so this is a fresh thought from an immediate experience. I couldn't tell the difference! I felt the fact that I also rebuilt the rear wheel more than I noticed anything from the front. I no longer have a thump, thump thump as I brake. Otherwise I was more tuned in to how out of shape I am from the weather.

As for the actual weight, maybe it is a bit heavier up front when I lift it. Usually though I have the back weighed down with my bag and laptop, but I rode without them just now.

And it is 1pm now, so it was in broad daylight so I have no opinion yet on the light it produces. My light is the B&M CYO Premium, 80 lux. There are some 90 lux lights out there, but this is pretty close to the brightest you can get. We shall see, pardon the pun, but not this weekend. B'day dinner tonight, Super Bowl tomorrow night.

I paid $79 for the hub in the US, and the regular retail $110 for the light from Harris Cyclery. After all the years using the Sheldon Brown website I thought I'd give them some business. Since Peter White is the US importer/distributer I'm also supporting him by buying here. When I looked at XXCycle.fr they, and every other European site, was back ordered on this light.