Recovery Stories
Found by bike Index users on FB Marketplace and kijiji, Police recovered it after reporting it. translated from English
Edmonton police recovered it along with several other bikes. translated from English
EPS noticed a guy with it on the LRT, thank you EPS! I'm so thankful, honestly. EPS then contacted me via Bike Index, again, very thankful! translated from English
The bike was noticed by a member of the Bike Index community at a grocery to potentially have been stolen. After finding the bike online, they contacted me & the Portland Police. Once my ownership was confirmed, the police turned the bike over to me! translated from English
The guy posted it for sale on facebook and I contacted police. They recovered it for me. translated from English
Someone tried to fix it at a bike repair shop and the staff looked it up on Bike Index and found it to be a stolen bike! translated from English
Someone who saw the bike at a pawn shop messaged us. We went to the shop and got our bike back with the help of the Everett police. Because we had a Bike Index listing and police report, the police allowed us to leave the pawn shop with the bike that same day. translated from English
The police recovered it after someone tried to buy the bike, googled the serial number, found my theft report on bike Index and called me that my bike is on sale on Facebook marketplace. Then the police did their work really well and I could pick it up. translated from English
Edmonton Police Services found my bike being ridden and took the bike into their possession, due to the detailed description of the bik. they returned to me today. Thanks Bike Index! translated from English
Friend found it downtown and got it returned translated from English
U of A peace officer recovered it and got my bike back to me! The thief was arrested. translated from English
I just got a text from the guy who found my bike ditched next to his house. He reached out to me, and honestly, he just made my evening! What a legend! 🙌 translated from English
I registered the bike's theft with the local police. They routinely collect unlocked bikes around town, which they then enter into their database. Their entry matched my stolen bike, so the police contacted me and they returned my bike to me. translated from English
Thankful someone hauled it up and contacted us! translated from English
Someone saved it from rusting in a yard, fixed it up and checked the serial. Thank you Bike Index! translated from English
Someone found this bike in front of Grindstone about a month after it was stolen. It was sitting unlocked for 4 hours. He found the Bike Index sticker and the police picked it up. I picked it up a few days later. translated from English
The Burlington Bike Recovery group on facebook recovered it for me! translated from English
SPD recovered the bike and returned it to our house! translated from English
Thank God for Bike Index! An individual tried to sell the bike to Rick Cycle Shop on Allen St., Buffalo, NY. They knew something sounded fishy, so they searched the serial number on Bike Index and my posting came up immediately! translated from English
The Calgary Police found it and were able to scan it and contact me. translated from English
Someone found it in their yard on their rental property nearby and was going to take it to the police but checked here first and found me! translated from English
Calgary Police found it and were able to scan it and contact us. translated from English
Thank you CPS and the members of your amazing team. They were able to locate my stolen bike and they even dropped it off at my house once recovered. Truly incredible service! Glad to get my trusty steed back. translated from English
By registering this through Bike Index, when it was brought into a Radrunner shop in Solana Beach, they were able to find and contact me! translated from English
Constable found it and looked it up! translated from English
Someone who bought it searched the serial number and my post came up and they contacted me through Bike Index! translated from English
A Bike Index member contacted me that they knew were it was but hadn't recovered it yet. I reached out to the police department with that information and about an hour later i got another call from a BI member that she, and a police officer, had my bike! I'm so so grateful to BI! translated from English
Tips from this community led me to my bike, thank you to everyone who helped. translated from English
Found by police and police reached out to us via bike index! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and the BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Police found the bike and returned it to me. I was able to give enough info about the bike to ID it. I'm going to add the serial number and more accurate pictures soon. translated from English
The police found it. Called me and I picked it up! translated from English
Community member saw it by dumpster in alley and looked up In bike index translated from English
The bicycle was returned by the police. translated from English
BTV stolen bike and recovery group spotted and the police recovered translated from English
The business I locked the e-scooter called me this afternoon to inform me my scooter was found on the property by maintenance not damaged. Lock still missing but the motor lock must have stopped the thief translated from English
Someone contacted me after looking the bike up on bike index, and returned it to me. Heroic stuff! translated from English
Through bikeindex.org!!! The thief tried to sell it to a bike store, who checked the registration against this registry and contacted me to recover the bike! translated from English
Found by Denver Stolen Bikes facebook group! Thief posted it on facebook marketplace and the police were able to arrange a meetup for the bikes. $7k in bikes recovered! translated from English
Found by Denver Stolen Bikes facebook group! Thief posted it on facebook marketplace and the police were able to arrange a meetup for the bikes. $7k in bikes recovered! translated from English
I received a text from someone who had found the bike and matched it to my listing, they sent photos and gave the location, I came and picked it up. translated from English
A person who also uses the service called me when he saw my bike translated from English
The bike was recovered/found by The Edmonton Police Service. They called us when they matched the serial number to our police file. The bike was painted unfortunately, but it was still rideable. Good outcome. translated from English
The Seattle Police called at 6 AM the morning after I marked the bike as stolen saying they had found it. translated from English
Combination of the Inside Line reposted my story another customer seeing it and the police recovering it. translated from English
The police found a guy riding it pulled him over a retrieved it from the thief. translated from English
Edmonton Police helped to recover! translated from English
The bike was recovered by police and was returned via bike index translated from English
Recovered by the Calgary Police Service. translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and the BVT bike recovery team! translated from English