Cofounded by Seth Herr and Bryan Hance in 2013, Bike Index is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
It is the most widely used and successful bicycle registration service in the world with over 545,000 cataloged bikes, 1,120 community partners and tens of thousands of daily searches.
Seth built Bike Index when he was a bike mechanic because he wanted to be able to register bikes for his customers. Bryan developed and ran a community driven bicycle recovery service (StolenBikeRegistry.com) that recovered bikes from the first week it was created in 2004.
Merging the two services Seth and Bryan created the universal bike registration service they both dreamed of — a database used and searched by individuals, bike shops, police departments and other apps. A bike registry that gives everyone the ability to register and recover bicycles.
Simple. Efficient. Effective.
Bike registration that works.
Seth Herr learned to program so that he could build
Bike Index, because he was a bike mechanic and was frustrated that
something like it didn't exist.
Bryan Hance created StolenBicycleRegistry.com in 2004
because 5 of his bikes were stolen in 9 years—and realized
recovering bikes was really fun. He lives in Portland and recovers lots
of bikes.
Craig Dalton thought he had the bike industry out of
his system until Bike Index came knocking. Craig is bringing his
entrepreneurial experience to the business side of Bike Index.
Lily Williams has a master's degree from Medill School
of Journalism but realized along the way that bikes are the most
deserving recipients of words. She writes and communicates for Bike
Index.
Jan Pecnik fell in love with bikes while studying his masters in the
Netherlands, focusing on social entrepreneurship. After a couple of
years of solo riding, he now helps Bike Index expand across Europe and
beyond.
Mike Oleon does the graphic design and illustration for the Index. If
anything looks good, it's probably his fault.
Bobby Gervais has had a long history of delivering and
carrying stuff on his bike for work and now he's making a living out of helping
people recover their bikes. Bobby helps to maintain the Bike Index, and work
on new features.