#robynhightman

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Made a quick road trip to Philly to catch up to this crew... With Robyn held tightly in their hearts these 5 are riding from Brooklyn to Richmond VA to deliver them home. Today would have been Robyn's 21st birthday. - Love and hugs to all that miss... #RobynHightman - #fbp (at The City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2luXbKlvrZ/?igshid=ygr5v14xom3n

[dirtyfinger]

This is Robyn. A year ago we met them during the bicycle film festival. Robyn had hopped on a bus with no place to stay just to come and volunteer and meet people in the bicycle community. Two weeks ago Robyn rode their track bike 400 miles from Richmond to Brooklyn in 3 days. On Monday morning in Manhattan a delivery truck ran Robyn over from behind, crushing them to death. The driver drove away and only came back to the scene because someone had seen it and waved them down. Robyn was only 20 years old, with infinite enthusiasm and life ahead of them... - Drivers, please please be responsible with the crushing, life changing power at your fingertips. - 🖤 - #robynhightman #riprobynhightman #carskill #ridesafe #drivesafe #fbp (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzOdZEuF6KF/?igshid=1sbn95dv74g4c

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#Repost @supermintusa with #rip #robynhightman ・・・ This is not the story we wanted to share. When we created our team’s Ambassador Program, the goal was to get more involved in cycling at the grassroots level, to connect with women who rode bikes for any reason at all in their daily lives, and to have our riders share the world of pro cycling with our ambassadors while learning more about what women experience every day in their cycling lives. Today we received devastating insight into a terrible reality of cycling: our ambassador Robyn Hightman was killed by a truck while working as a bike messenger in NYC. Robyn, who used they/their as their pronouns, was only 20 years old. Robyn’s application to our program was the most passionate, in-depth one we’ve received out of hundreds of applications. They wrote many times about the impact cycling had on their life: “As a homeless youth deeply entrenched in the trappings of poverty and parental abuse and neglect, my first bicycle offered a way to seek respite from the horrors of my surroundings and human experience, if only for a few glorious minutes. My bicycle established a sense of independence, strengthened my ability to be self sufficient, and provided me with the confidence necessary to advocate for myself, my rights, and my needs in public space. My bicycle enabled me to leave our encampment every day to access education, seek out food, and fulfill my basic needs. Eventually, my bicycle allowed me to provide for myself when I began working a full time job at the age of fourteen. My bicycle provided me with the socioeconomic mobility necessary to escape. My bicycle saved my life.” [continued below in comments] The @nypd will blame the victim with the help of @NYDailyNews & @nypost (& maybe @nytimes) #rip #RobynHightman #cyclist [#CarsÜberÄlles] (at 23rd Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzIxVGFhkrd/?igshid=1j36dmydixm3p