Re: [CR]re: was stronglight, now meaning of 'bis'

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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 21:57:51 -0500
From: "Julian Shapiro" <julian@boxowires.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]re: was stronglight, now meaning of 'bis'
To: randy dugan <rsdugan@yahoo.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <20061117000901.62581.qmail@web31806.mail.mud.yahoo.com>


I believe that "bis" means plus or extra. It can also mean "encore"

Julian Shapiro
Sag Harbor, NY


----- Original Message -----
From: randy dugan
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:09 PM
Subject: [CR]re: was stronglight, now meaning of 'bis'



> =0ADon Wilson asked what "bis" means. It's used in France for addresses th
> e same way "1/2" is used in the u.s. Here, if you make the house at 123 Ma
> in Street into two apartments, one has the original house number and the ot
> her becomes 123-and-a-half. I can only assume that the drilled Stronglight
> models such as 105bis are then the equivalent of calling them model number
> 105.5. ~randy dugan, van nuys, ca, usa, where i still can't figure out wh
> y yahoo screws up my mail to CR.=0A=0A