by Gavin Hoover
2024-10-08T05:00:00-0500
Topics: Donation
Thank you to everyone who has been part of Bike Index's journey! Each year we grow more than ever, registering and recovering bikes at rates we dreamed of when all of this started over a decade ago. We rely on your continued support.
2024 has been a big year for us, we officially passed over 1 Million bikes registered on Bike Index. We added over 100 new partner organizations ranging from advocacy groups to bike shops to University and law enforcement. We're continually refining and improving our offerings to help more people register and recover their bikes for free. This is an exciting period for us and we need you more than ever to continue this work and keep it free for everyone.
We've also been excited to tackle some larger scale projects this year, perhaps you saw the Wired magazine coverage of the amazing work co-founder Bryan Hance has been doing tracking stolen bikes across international borders. Bryan spent over four years monitoring this stolen bike organization eventually helping lead to a federal indictment of those involved. Your support helps us do work like this that no one else is doing.
As the world continues to change, so do we. More people are relying on Bike Index to keep their bikes safe. More advocacy groups are getting people safely onto the road and more bike shops are registering bikes for their communities, and more people like you - cyclists who have the right to ride without the fear of bike theft.
Which is why we are a non-profit. We're here to provide free, easy, and low-barrier registration for each cyclist around the world. We are the world's most widely-used registry, and we're doing it with tools that we can offer at no cost thanks to donations like yours.
Your donations have recovered thousands of stolen bicycles, all across North America and the world. These aren't just toys, these bikes are rides to work and school and lifelines to the community during hard times.
You are making the difference against bike theft. And you can continue to make this difference. Donate to Bike Index today.
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