About Bike Index

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 560,000 cataloged bikes, 1,140 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.

The team

  • Seth Herr 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 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 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 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 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 Mike Oleon does the graphic design and illustration for the Index. If anything looks good, it's probably his fault.

  • Bobby Gervais 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.

Alumni

  • Will Barrett

    Will Barrett

  • Erin Vogel

    Erin Vogel

  • Andrew Herr

    Andrew Herr

  • Laura Nash

    Laura Nash

  • Michael Catano

    Michael Catano

  • Stephanie Scheurich

    Stephanie Scheurich

  • Mike Pickerd

    Mike Pickerd