Nice table, always fun to compare numbers strait like that. I think I kind of prefered the old geometry though, a bit more compact in the top tube and wheel base. They probably based the new one on a higher fork so for one to slacken the head angle a bit will mean going to a 170-180mm fork which is not the greatest for an all mountain like the Heckler. I think they probably wanted to acknowledge the fact that many owners of Hecklers were using it with a 145-150mm fork but I also think it was the whole idea behing it, to slacken it from it's original 69 head angle number! Anyway, I may be wrong, after all I'm not riding a Heckler, I'm on a Nomad but I'm really happy to have a slacker head angle for all mountain riding.