New 55cm 700c Atlantis. Same as my 55cm 700c Appaloosa?

[j.schwartz]

I know these bikes are essentially interchangeable , but I thought the difference was in wheelsize preference...  Now that they are both 700c, I'm just curious is one being moved into a different category than the other?

The published Geo numbers are slightly different, but are they different enough to be two different bikes?

I suspect a 2º difference in HT angle is sufficient to affect the handling of a bike, what about 1/2º difference in ST angle?

Are they both touring bikes?

Geo below

[j.schwartz]

Also, it' looks like Bike Insights already has the updated new Geometry for the new Atlanti 

Here's a comparison between the new 55 Atlantis and the latest 55 Appaloosa

https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries[]=5b8578f548f3a30004789b05&geometries[]=5e1faf637f17da00170c6e27&builds[]=&builds[]=

[Steve Cole]

Hi,

While I did not do a column by column error check, the data on bikeinsight's chart for Appaloosa rake is off by a factor of 10.  Where it shows a rake of 54 mm, it should be 5.4 mm.

Steve Cole

Arlington, VA

[Bill Lindsay]

5.4mm of rake? LOL. 54mm, also known as 5.4cm, is correct

Bill metric Lindsay
El Cerrito Ca

[j.schwartz]

Anyway, it will be interesting to see the new Appaloosa's too.

This new 55, 700c Atlantis looks to my untrained eye to be a slightly longer Appaloosa with a more than slightly longer wheelbase.