Roby was an old cyclocross champion from the ’40s, a rugged man built for traversing the bumps and ruts of off-road competition, but he had also ridden in the Tour for several years.

The occupants of Railton Road were bell-jeaned, dome-Afroed, Doc Martened and muscle-teed: as bad and black as they could possibly muster themselves to be […]

a third-divisioner

In low context cultures, messages are mostly explicit and the words convey most of the meaning in the communication. In low context cultures, the impact of non-verbal cues is far less significant and the status of the speaker is less important in attaching meaning to what is said.