Recovery Stories
Good Samaritan reached out through Bike Index! translated from English
Guy in Rosemount won a bid on an abandoned storage unit in Minneapolis. In the unit, there were multiple bikes. Mine was the only one registered. He reached out via Bike Index, and we set up a time for me to pick it up. translated from English
Today my bike was returned to me via the Edmonton police service they found it downtown and cross referenced my police report. They called me right away and returned it to me as soon as they could! translated from English
2 Hours after marking it stolen, someone recognized the QR code on my bike that linked them to my registration where they saw it was declared stolen. They Bought the bike for $40 from the thief and contacted me so I could come pick up the bike. translated from English
The thief left it at another garage close by in the neighborhood the same day he stole both my bikes and that neighbor kept in her garage until she found me through Bike Index. Thank you so much Tracy and Bike Index, you really make a change in this world translated from English
Someone bought my bike for $250 and looked up the serial number and reached out to me on Bike Index. After emailing back and forth we set up a pick up time and I was able to get my bike back. translated from English
Got the bike back thanks to Bike Index. Found abandoned at the airport, person who found it, looked up on BikeIndex, checked with Calgary Police then contacted us to come get it. translated from English
Whoever stole the bike sold it on Facebook marketplace. The person who bought the bike noticed the Bike Index registration sticker and reached out to me once they realized it was stolen! translated from English
Whoever stole the bike sold it on Facebook marketplace. The person who bought the bike noticed the Bike Index registration sticker and reached out to me once they realized it was stolen! translated from English
Thank you to SABRE and the Maple Valley PD and Sheriff's offices. translated from English
After regularly checking FB marketplace place since October 2025, the bike was listed for sale in Anchorage today. My friend posed as a buyer, contacted the seller who responded and I went with local police and recovered the bike. Thanks for the helpful support. translated from English
A member of the bike community spotted the thief with the bike and felt something was off. They then found my posting on Bike Index to confirm it was stolen and reclaimed it from the thief. translated from English
Bike Index led the police directly to me! Thanks everyone!! translated from English
Via the help of Auburn pd and Tracy from bike index. She contacted me after seeing the post on offerup. translated from English
A neighbor contacted me after looking up the Bike Index number! translated from English
Email from the friendly team at Bike Index matching my bike description/location. Using the email I contacted the VPD and they helped retrieve my stolen bike translated from English
Four years later I received an email through Bike Index's message service that someone had my bike and wanted to return it to me. I picked it up this weekend and so grateful for the gracious man for returning it and Bike Index for providing a platform for us to connect! translated from English
Someone tried to pawn it and they ran the registration then contacted me! translated from English
In the fall of 2025, I was contacted by Arturo in Puerto Rico who found my bike in the garbage! He saved my frame set from being discarded and used the serial number to call me and let me know he found it! translated from English
A bike shop in Philly recovered it! translated from English
The serial number was searched from a bike shop in Henderson Nevada and shipped back to me. Swanys Cycles is a phenomenal bike shop and Bike Index led them to me! translated from English
A person bought it on facebook market place and looked at the Serial number on this website and called me. translated from English
Someone left my bike on a Seattle Metro bus so it was collected by Seattle Metro. They eventually gave it to Bike Works, in Seattle, who contacted Bike Index with my Serial Number. Bike Works confirmed my ownership and I went to their shop and picked it up. Thanks everyone!! translated from English
Thanks to the watchful Bike Index community and local police, I got my bike back from marketplace! translated from English
Police detective worked with me to get the bike back! translated from English
Bought it from someone who saw the frame for sale in Washington, being parted out, knew it was a custom frame and contacted me with information found on Bike Index. translated from English
Someone bought my bike off of Facebook and checked the serial number on Bike Index to see if it was stolen! They sent me a text, we met up, and I got my bike back! I was even able to get back all my add-ons! translated from English
Found on Facebook Marketplace 4 years after being stolen. Called non-emergency and gave full details including sticker placement. Cst. called 40 minutes after my initial call to get more info. He called again 45 minutes later to ask if I was home to receive the bike translated from English
A bike recovery person reached out to say they’d seen it on FB Marketplace and we tried to set up a visit with the person who posted it. We didn’t get there fast enough BUT a guy bought it and reached out to his bike community thinking it might be stolen. translated from English
Calgary police contacted me after matching the bike description on Bike Index with a bike they recovered. Thank you translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Edmonton police recovered and charged individual who had it. translated from English
Police contacted me through viewing my submission in bike index! translated from English
Someone bought the bike off of facebook marketplace and thought it seemed fishy. Looked it up on bike index and found my phone number. They gave me a call and they gave me back my bike. translated from English
The police impounded it from the thief and found me on Bike Index! translated from English
A buyer bought it at some flea market. They had it for couple months then tried to sell it over the holidays. The buyer looked on bike index and notified seller it was a stolen bike. The seller reached out to us through information we listed on bike index. translated from English
Someone bought the bike. Used ChatGPT to ask how to identify a stolen bike after realzing the massive discount they got on the bike. The person then contacted me to give the bike back! Thank you Bike Index!!! translated from English
Someone saw the listing on Bike Index and called us, they said the bike was strapped to the bed of his truck when he picked his truck from impound lot. He saw the listing on Bike Index and called us. He later called us and dropped it back off to us. translated from English
Tre police found it a few blocks away from its taken location with a group of people loitering. They then ran the serial and called me and returned my bike back to me immediately. They handcuffed it to the grill of their car and drove it to my house. They were awsome! translated from English
A woman from bike index, helped recover this bike for me. She found a person trying to sell this bike on facebook marketplace and coordinated the recovery. translated from English
Miraculously recovered by awesome nonprofit community at Yoga on Yamhill, despite not even having a serial number! Thank you Bike Index! translated from English
Someone spotted it and reported it to Bike Portland. Bike Portland posted the photo to social media and an employee at Splendid Cycles, where I bought it, called me about the post. I notified the police who recovered it. translated from English
A friend noticed a Thule Chariot sitting in the snow in front of the Burlington Bagel Cafe on North Avenue and mentioned it. I went to check it out and confirmed it was ours and recovered it! translated from English
A Good Samaritan found it at the PCC and saw it was stolen on bike index. They took it home for safe keeping and called us to retrieve!! translated from English
Police recovered it. They found me through Bike Index! translated from English
I was alerted by a fellow cyclist who saw the bike listed on Facebook marketplace and confirmed it was stolen via bike index! translated from English
Edmonton Police found the bike! translated from English