Biker Girl

A successful female lawyer by day gets swept into the underground world of a motorcycle gang by night. Her double life turns into a violent collision of worlds.

By Roy Garrison

Editor’s Note: Names and some locations have been changed to protect the identities of those involved and who may still be at risk. All events are true.

One rainy night in 1986, sixteen-year old Nicole Streiter squinted through the windshield of her cherry red Yugo. She and three girlfriends had just left a U2 concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, with its ethereal views of the mountains enfolding Denver. Packed tightly into Nicole’s vehicle, they chatted about their favorite parts with voices left hoarse from singing along.

As rain lashed the windshield on the twisting mountain roads, Nicole didn’t realize she cut off a group of motorcycles. At a red light at Kipling Street and Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, four hulking bikes surrounded her prized little car; one in front, one in back, and the…