Stolen bicycles we helped recover recently:
It was found in a storage unit of the person who stole it, I guess one of his friends found it and actually looked up the serial number, guess there still are honest people in this world! translated from English
Tony
Bike recovered 2025.7.2
My bike was given to somebody who recognized it must have been stolen and found my post on Bike Index! They messaged me and we worked out an anonymous system for them to give me back the bike! translated from English
Ava
Bike recovered 2025.7.1
Bike Index user sent me the Craigslist ad for my bike and Portland Police recovered the bike after I arranged a meeting to buy. translated from English
Reagan
Bike recovered 2025.6.30
A bike index user found it near my house and brought it to the police station, where I was able to go pick it up :) I knew where to go pick it up because the person who found it registered the found bike on bike index and it matched to my lost bike. translated from English
Stephanie
Bike recovered 2025.6.28
Stolen bicycle was recovered on 6/26 at approximately 7:30 PM. Bike was found for sale on Facebook marketplace. I was alerted by a good samaritan via Bike Index. translated from English
Jeff
Bike recovered 2025.6.27
But How Does it work?
Register Your Bike
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Alert the Community
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The community responds
A user or partner encounters your bike, uses Bike Index to identify it, and contacts you.
You Get your Bike Back
With the help of the Bike Index community and its partners, you have the information necessary to recover your lost or stolen bike at no cost to you. It's what we do.
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