A citizen spotted it in a homeless encampment down town, knew it didn’t belong there and checked with bike index, saw that it had been reported stolen, and texted me. I advised the police and they picked it up and offered to deliver it to my work place. Amazing!! It works! 🤗 translated from English

Warren Bike recovered 2024.5.25

The person who took it saw it was marked stolen on Bike Index and returned it. translated from English

Marc Bike recovered 2024.5.25

A neighbour found it and contacted me through Bike Index. translated from English

Pilar Bike recovered 2024.5.24

Police found me through Bike Index! translated from English

Abdul Bike recovered 2024.5.24

EPS spotted the bike on the road during their patrol translated from English

Peter Bike recovered 2024.5.23

Bike Index! Thief tried to sell it at a transit stop. A kind citizen purchased it, looked it up and I bought it back from them. An amazing result. translated from English

Bike recovered 2024.5.22

Edmonton Police recovered it. Thank you!!! translated from English

Camille Bike recovered 2024.5.22

I saw the bike for sale on facebook market place, set up a buy with the seller, called the police and went and got the bike. translated from English

Steve Bike recovered 2024.5.21

Someone saw the bike for sale on kijiji and looked it up on bike index, they sent me a text to let me know someone was trying to sell my stolen bike, I called the police and set up a buy with the seller. police went and got the bike and returned it to me translated from English

Steve Bike recovered 2024.5.21

Mud Sweat and Gears retrieved it from a "customer" who didn't know how to use a presta valve. They checked the bike index and viola! translated from English

Brian Bike recovered 2024.5.21

A perfect success story! A very nice person bought the bike and checked online to see if it had been stolen! translated from English

Levi Bike recovered 2024.5.20

An individual recovered the stolen rental Uhaul that was used in the theft, with my bike inside it. He saw my posting on BikeIndex.org and contacted me to return it! translated from English

Brian Bike recovered 2024.5.19

Thanks Sportchek service shop and RCMP! translated from English

Samuel Bike recovered 2024.5.13

Bike shop reported. Police kept it for me to pick up. translated from English

Vincent Bike recovered 2024.5.12

Police returned it to me. I also found out that Pawn Shops are honestly very reputable businesses who also use Bike Index and serial code registration (BWI) to ensure they are not selling anything stollen. Bike Index was how the police were able to find my bike! translated from English

Faith Bike recovered 2024.5.11

Found on U of A Campus by Edmonton police translated from English

Laurie Bike recovered 2024.5.10

The bike was recovered by the Edmonton Police Service. Another user on Bike Index recognized my bike from pictures he was sent by the police and contacted me. Thank you so much!!! translated from English

Kevin Bike recovered 2024.5.10

City transit found it. They scanned the bike index sticker and found me. translated from English

Kristin Bike recovered 2024.5.8

Next door neighbor called after checking Bike Index translated from English

Adam Bike recovered 2024.5.7

Edmonton Police Officer found my bike and called me. translated from English

Lyle Bike recovered 2024.5.3

I received an email from Cash Box Pawn Shop Edmonton informing me that they had recovered my bike. They had checked Bike Index and found the report of the stolen bicycle, they had retained it and later returned it to its owner. Thank You so much translated from English

JUAN Bike recovered 2024.5.1

The police found it. They delivered it back to me the same day they found it!! The police report was so vital! translated from English

Shauna Bike recovered 2024.4.30

City of Calgary Transit Police found my bike with the suspected thief, called me and returned it :) translated from English

Carlynne Bike recovered 2024.4.25

Found it at at house around the corner showed them the report I made here and they gave the bike back translated from English

Jon Bike recovered 2024.4.25

Action packed story - security cam footage from 3 places, lots of people looking out, a good Samaritan. You all are amazing - thanks to all. translated from English

Valerie Bike recovered 2024.4.24

The police found someone with my bike and ran it on bike index and recovered it for me. Thanks bike index! translated from English

Trevor Bike recovered 2024.4.22

Portland Bureau of Police Bike Squad found bike in a camp and called me because it was registered on Bike Index! translated from English

Liz Bike recovered 2024.4.19

Someone saw my Bike Index post and they found it by a pizza shop. They held it until I was contacted. translated from English

kris Bike recovered 2024.4.19

Someone found it behind their house and sent me a message. translated from English

Tyron Bike recovered 2024.4.19

A peace officer at Churchill station called me and said he found my bike a big thank you to him. translated from English

Trevor Bike recovered 2024.4.18

Kudos to the RCMP, they recovered the bike! Quite a few changes had been made to the bike, but hopefully all things that can be fixed. translated from English

Carol Bike recovered 2024.4.18

Local police encountered it during normal duties. The bike had been slightly modified but the serial number remained. My police report in their own system hadn't processed far enough to be searchable in their own system and the police found me through Bike Index. translated from English

James Bike recovered 2024.4.16

Seattle Police department. I saw someone who looked like they had it, it's a bright yellow bike. And so I walked pass them in order to get a close up and it was my bike, they had changed the front tire. translated from English

Jordan Bike recovered 2024.4.16

EPS seized it from a suspected thief and returned it to me all in just one day! translated from English

Draven Bike recovered 2024.4.16

A very nice stranger procured it from a homeless person. Called me through bike index. I got my bike back! translated from English

Lyle Bike recovered 2024.4.15

The police found it and were able to look it up on Bike Index. The back tire was missing so we had to purchase a full new assembly. translated from English

Antoine Bike recovered 2024.4.15

The police found it and were able to look it up on Bike Index. The back tire was missing so we had to purchase a full new assembly. translated from English

Antoine Bike recovered 2024.4.15

Person who stole it pawned it nearby. Pawn shop looked it up and saw it was stolen. Turned it over to Police. CO Springs PD investigated, issued arrest warrant, person was charged and found guilty. translated from English

Rachel Bike recovered 2024.4.15

I was not expecting to see that bike ever again, given the fact that it was stolen several months ago. But the police found and returned it to me. I am very grateful to them. Good job Calgary Police! translated from English

Marcio Bike recovered 2024.4.12

VPD contacted me that they recovered my bike. Very thankful of VPD's work. And thank you for Bike Index for sharing all the information out there. translated from English

Yuki Bike recovered 2024.4.11

With help from the local cycling community and a volunteer through BikeIndex, I was able to recover my bike after it had been missing for 18 months! translated from English

Curtis Bike recovered 2024.4.11

Thankfully after the purchase the citizen who purchased the bike suspected it might have been stolen and looked up the bike on bikeindex.org translated from English

Juan Bike recovered 2024.4.6

Bike was recovered by the Edmonton Police Service after someone in Calgary spotted it for sale online and matched it up as stolen on Bike Index! Awesome job by EPS! translated from English

JD Bike recovered 2024.4.5

The police spotted it and called me! translated from English

Phoebe Bike recovered 2024.4.5

Someone messaged me on Bike Index to say he had it!! translated from English

Catalina Bike recovered 2024.4.5

Someone messaged me via Bike Index to say he had it. They purchased it and looked up the serial number and found my post. So happy to have it back! translated from English

Catalina Bike recovered 2024.4.5

It was dumped in Kensington Market after failed sale attempts. A fellow cyclist saw the bike, took it in/looked it up on Bike Index, and notified me that they found it. translated from English

Jesse Bike recovered 2024.4.5

Through Bike index - my stolen bike was brought into a Gresham bike shop and the thoughtful mechanic looked it up on the bike index. translated from English

Steven Bike recovered 2024.4.4

Recovered with help from Stolen Bikes NOLA! translated from English

Devin Bike recovered 2024.4.4

A Good Samaritan looked up my bike on bike index! translated from English

Jeffrey Bike recovered 2024.4.4