Recovery Stories
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
Police Officer witnessed person on bicycle riding away on bicycle while holding my bicycle in tow. My bicycle was dropped during police pursuit and entered into evidence. The officer reached out via Bike Index alerting me bicycle had been recovered. translated from English
Thank you. The person who reported it found in August, and had it listed on Facebook Marketplace. Edmonton Police contacted me and returned it to my daughter today. Thank you BikeIndex, the person who found it, and EPS. All three were all very helpful. translated from English
A guy called out of the blue and had checked a bike and traced the serial number to me through Bike Index. Super cool that the guy did the right thing. He got all info from Bike Index! Really grateful for the good people fixing bad people's actions and for BIKE INDEX!! translated from English
Police department found it and contacted me! translated from English
The bike was brought to a pawn shop but abandoned outside when the shop owner advised the person it was stolen - the shop owner then called the police. Registering the bike was the reason it was recovered! Thanks to EPS and BikeIndex for this program. translated from English
Someone texted me, was four blocks away from where it was taken. Person holding it claimed they bought it off of someone. Bike is pretty beat up and some accessories are missing but we got it back with the help of PPD and bike index! translated from English
PPB Officer R. Wilson/Wolfson found my bike at BioClean using Bike Index registry! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Working together with bike index and the Edmonton city police, they recovered the bike when the thief tried to pawn it, bike index was notified by the pawnshop, and the city police recovered it. The thief tried to register a couple times, bike index is amazing! translated from English
The bike was given to a bike shop in Toronto, the shop owner contacted me through bike index! translated from English
Police found it, and contacted me after looking it up on bike index! translated from English
Officer Jay of Seattle PD contacted me and said that he had seen a person riding it in downtown. After recognizing it from my Bike Index post, he confiscated it and had it at the West Precinct. Tracy of SABRE helped by facilitating contact between myself and Officer Jay. translated from English
A user reached out after seeing the bike on Facebook marketplace and notified me. I contacted the Calgary Police and they were able to setup a meet up with the "seller" and verified that it was my bike from serial number. translated from English
Recovered by Glendale, AZ police in Sept 2025 and returned to me. Bike was damaged during an attempt to flee from Glendale Police. Lectric graciously took the bike from me and performed all necessary repairs for a fraction of the price. translated from English
A neighbor saw the bike and looked it up on Bike Index!! translated from English
It was found abandoned in an alley and a person contacted me on Bike Index. It was approximately 1 mile from where it was taken translated from English
Bike was listed on FB marketplace by an anonymous seller. Tracy with WA Bike Index worked with me tirelessly and with their help and the assistance from Olympia PD we were able to recover the bike from a 'fence' in Fife, WA! translated from English
Calgary City Police recovered it in Forest Lawn area and charged the person holding it. CPS called and delivered the bike to my house translated from English
Another person found it being sold on eBay, sent me a message, and I got in contact with the seller. I acted like I wanted to try it out, met up with him, and then told him it was in fact my stolen bike. After a bit of back and forth, he let me walk away with it. translated from English
FreeWheel bike shop got a call about a charger for this bike. They then looked it up, saw it was marked stolen because they asked for the serial number, and gave me a call. translated from English
Thank's to bike index my bike was found the same day it was stolen. I had posted the stolen bike, the wonderful people who found my bike also posted a found bike on the same day. I was so impressed with the diligence of this community in helping to return my bike. Thank you!!!! translated from English
Located the bike for sale on Facebook and the police were able to succeed in tracking down the individual and got the bike back. translated from English
We are very grateful for Bike Index and everyone involved. My wife was in tears of joy when I rolled up to the house with her recovered bike Happy to answer any other questions about the recovery process! translated from English
A Bike Index user notified us of the bike being posted on OfferUp. We went down and bought it back from the person who stole it. translated from English