HUGE appreciation to the admins of BVT stolen bike recovery group!! I got my bike back!! It was spotted downtown and I was able to track them down about 20 min later. With the help of my roommate, a friend who saw me chasing him, and some friendly standers by outside of CM. translated from English
A woman in my community saw it and grabbed it for me. There is a Facebook group called Stolen Bikes Kamloops in my city that is very dedicated to finding stolen bikes. translated from English
The Calgary Police noticed a man riding it and checked the bike index then found it. They also called the local bike shop Ridleys in calgary where we got it from. The bike shop had a database of our bike purchase which help the police officer get our phone number. translated from English
Ran across a guy walking it through twelfth and imperial trolley station in San Diego. The transit cops ran the report and verified with bike index! translated from English
It was recovered by the police near my apartment not long after it was stolen. translated from English
I came across it when walking down the street and recognized the rainbow spokes! Using the Index, I was able to verify the serial number and luckily there were cops just around the corner! translated from English
Bryan from bikeindex found my bike at Offerup and texted me. The guy who was selling the bike was happy to return it to me. Also, the serial number is searchable as well. translated from English
Milwaukee police department recovered it when they interrupted a break in at a local storage unit. The perpetrators left the bike and fled on foot. Police report was archived but the policeman was a bike enthusiast and looked up the bike on Bike index to find me as the owner! translated from English
EPS found bike translated from English
Edmonton Police and Bike Index! translated from English
Lethbridge police recovered the bike! translated from English
Bike police recovered it from downtown. translated from English
Recovered! translated from English
In combination with attempted contacts to the seller on OfferUp, the SPD ultimately was able to see the thief walking around with the bike, and then scanned the serial to see it was listed as stolen here on Bike Index. translated from English
Downtown Trek Bicycle in Portland, OR checked serial number on Bike Index. translated from English
Recovered by SLVS timberwolves translated from English
Recovered by BVT BikeRecovery translated from English
It was found in a dumpster and someone contacted me to let me know where it was. They got my contact info off of Bike Index. Thank you!! translated from English
BTV Stolen Bike Recovery Group and UVM PD translated from English
We had a neighbour who lived a few streets away reach out to us via phone call / text after identifying the sticker and scanning it! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index! translated from English
A person from bikeindex contacted me about seeing my potential bike listed on Offerup! And sure enough it was my bike! Such an amazing support group from bikeindex and the Facebook groups I joined to post about this. Huge thank you! translated from English
Through bike index and the Edmonton Police Service’s my bike was returned. translated from English
Recovered by Calgary police and Bike Index! translated from English
Recovered by Calgary police and Bike Index! translated from English
I received a tip that my bike may have been spotted near a subway station. translated from English
SPD found it parked in Pioneer Square and matched the serial number against the entry on Bike Index. translated from English
Someone contacted me after buying the bike 5 years after the theft date. Through a Google search for the bike, they stumbled upon the STOLEN bike page and gave me call. I have my bike! translated from English
Calgary Police Service identified the bicycle being ridden by someone else. They recovered the bike from the other individual and contacted us on Facebook to notify us the bike was available for pickup. translated from English
recovered by EPS translated from English
Woodland Police Department found bike, scanned QR, recovered for owner translated from English
An inquiring buyer saw a facebook marketplace for sale listing and asked the seller for the serial. The seller apparently did not know the bike was stolen and provided the serial#. The inquirer then texted me, the original owner, to tell me they had found the bike. translated from English
Bike Index users saw my bike posted on Marketplace and checked Bike Index then contacted me. translated from English
Calgary Police translated from English
This community is amazing! I got a call and two emails letting us know that the bike was located today outside Recycled Cycles in Seattle - and the guys there kept an eye on it until we got there. We called the Seattle PD who let us know we could go ahead and take the bike home. translated from English
A member from Bike Index found it and reached out to me! translated from English
PDX TimberWolves helped me recover my Soma Groove! translated from English
Calgary Transit Peace Officers saw the bike. They checked Bike Index and recovered it, and returned it to us immediately. We're very thankful for the three Peace Officers! translated from English
Calgary Transit Peace Officers saw the bike at the Drop In Centre and questioned the perpetrator. They checked Bike Index and recovered it, and returned it to us immediately. We're very thankful for the three Peace Officers! translated from English
Police were able to contact us through the Bike Index. Minimal damage on the bike. translated from English
There’s simply too many watchful eyes out there with the bike index squad on the case! translated from English
I cannot overstate how happy I am to recover this bike. translated from English
We met with the person trying to sell it and got it back translated from English
Thank you so much for this website! 💜 translated from English
Police helped identify the bike and contacted me to verify that it was mine. translated from English
Located by Calgary Police translated from English
Loss Prevention Manager at a Liquor store busted a shoplifter who was riding the bike. He looked it up on Bike Index and called me to pick it up translated from English
Bike index and the Calgary RCMP translated from English
The police found my bike during the patrol. Thanks to the bike index, the thief could not sell my bike to the local store. translated from English
Pawn Shop gave us the bike back thanks to Bike Index translated from English