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How to get your stolen bike back

Updated 2021-04-05T19:46:49-0500


Bike Index is the #1 resource for you when the worst happens - your bike gets stolen.

Bike Index is the world's best bike theft recovery platform, with the highest bike theft recovery rate of any bike registration service. We're here to get your bike back. All it takes is a minute to register, for free, and we'll tap into our network of hundreds of thousands of users and 1,000+ partnerships with law enforcement, bike shops, cities, and organizations to get your bike back.

Don't wait - unlock the Bike Index stolen bike recovery platform by registering your stolen bike on Bike Index now. Start using our recovery tools to recruit help from all over the world.

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How do we do it?

As a non-profit, Bike Index's main bike theft recovery tool is community. We empower the cyclist by allowing you to register your stolen bike and immediately alert not only the community in which you live, but the national and international communities on the lookout for stolen bikes.

A Bike Index account lets you:

  1. Unlock our comprehensive stolen bike recovery platform
  2. Unleash the power of our volunteer community
  3. Create social media friendly stolen bike alerts
  4. Register your bike as stolen in police and pawn industry databases
  5. Have the best chance of recovering your stolen bike

With tools like our promoted alerts on Facebook and our tweeting of stolen bikes to our thousands of followers, Bike Index amplifies your stolen bike listing.

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Bike Index gets bike-theft sympathetic eyes onto your bike. If someone sees it or finds it, they can message you via your Bike Index listing. And our network of Bike Index ambassadors, bike shops, and law enforcement partners is growing every day. Bike theft is a hot issue, and people are plugging in to monitor online sales platforms, report chop shops, and return bikes to their rightful owners.

Bike Index is the best tool in your time of crisis. Register your stolen bike now. You have nothing else to lose.

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Bike Index recovery record
  • 18,435 - Stolen bikes recovered
  • $38,810,097 - Value of bikes recovered with Bike Index

Follow the ATUVOS Black tracker that was hidden in the frame, and after locating the bike, the police came and helped us recover it The Calgary police service also highly recommended using bike index as a place to register your bikes as they look at it all the time when they find bikes that are possibly stole them. They said it’s a great resource for recovering peoples bicycles. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike John Bike recovered 2026.10.15

We called police immediately as soon as we knew the bike was taken then We follow the tracker to a location and monitor it for a day. When the bike stayed in a spot for several hours the police secured the stolen bike. Great job by the Calgary Police service and ATUVOS Black Item Finder. The Calgary police highly recommend using Bike Index! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike John Bike recovered 2026.10.15

Someone purchased it reached out to me because they it could be mine. Turns out it was and I was able to get it back! There are good people in this world! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Bike recovered 2026.10.14

I saw it being driven in a parking lot and called police. Because I had it registered on bike index it was a slam dunk to recover. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike James Bike recovered 2026.10.12

Cops found it in a park some individuals they were picking up, suspected they didn't own the bike, and checked the site translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Andrew Bike recovered 2026.10.11