Recovered by Portland Police Bureau, contacted with help from the Bike Index. translated from English
Someone brought my bike in to a local shop to get some work done, and they looked it up on the Bike Index and realized it was stolen! They contacted me and I came in to grab it. translated from English
Recovered with the Bike Index's help! translated from English
Vigilante efforts thanks to PNW Lost/Stolen Bikes group on facebook, some kind individuals, the SPD, the Bike Index, and some karma. translated from English
Local landlord found it by one of his buildings! He found me on the Bike Index and had me come by and grab it! This site is great, thank you!! translated from English
I got a tip from the Bike Index that it was for sale on OfferUp. I posed as a buyer and got the federal police (Homeland Security) in Washington DC to confront him, match up the serial number, and after a year apart, Joule and I are reunited!!! I’ll be donating to Bike Index. Thank you!!! translated from English
Found it on Facebook and met with the person. Bike Index was very helpful in recovering it since I had all my documents on this site. translated from English
Sold to an unsuspecting buyer on Offerup, because Offerup is terrible then ID'd as stolen in the Bike Index. translated from English
Someone saw my bike downtown, called me via the Bike Index, and flagged down the police! translated from English
Stolen Bikes YEG found it online. The police followed up and caught the thief red-handed cruising down Whyte Ave on my bike. They contacted me via the Bike Index! translated from English
The bike was found at local bike shop and we were notified via the Bike Index! Thanks. translated from English
A fine citizen found it on Craigslist and checked the Bike Index to see if it was stolen. He contacted me and voila! He had bought it from someone who, we presume, bought it from the thief (or dealer). translated from English
Stolen Bikes Nola found it with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English
King county Sheriff's office spotted and recovered bike in downtown Seattle. They contacted me via the Bike Index translated from English
David from Stages Cycling spotted it in inner SE and helped recover it. They contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
Found by Portland Police, identified by serial number listed on the Bike Index! translated from English
Bike came into a bike shop for repair and owner became suspicious and checked the Bike Index! translated from English
A number of people noticed a suspicious bike for sale online. They checked the Bike Index to see if this bike matched the description of any stolen bikes (and came across mine!) which allowed me to contact the Edmonton police to recover my bike! translated from English
The wonderful folks from stolen bikes NOLA tracked my bike for over an hour and were able to get the bike thief to hand the bike back. Once they recovered it, they were able to find me via the Bike Index translated from English
A person contacted me through the Bike Index to let me know my bike was posted on a selling website Offerup.com (thanks Bryan!). I took this to DC police and they assigned a detective, Officer Bemiller. translated from English
Edmonton police pulled a guy over who was riding it and ran the serial number through the Bike Index. translated from English
Good Samaritan found out in some bushes and found it using the Bike Index! translated from English
Recovered through Bike Index, the CA distributor from Tern, & two awesome people that found it and held it for a month! translated from English
Police located it and contacted me via the Bike Index! translated from English
I was contacted by a person who had purchased the bike from whoever stole it. He saw my listing on the Bike Index and contacted me to let me know he was in possession of the bike. translated from English
Recovered by Nola PD and identified using the Bike Index! translated from English
Stolen Bikes Nola recovered this and found me with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English
Stolen bikes Nola recovered this bike and found me with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English
Stolen bikes Nola recovered this bike and contacted me using the Bike Index! translated from English
Stolen bikes Nola recovered this bike and contacted me using the Bike Index! translated from English
The bike was recovered by Stolen Bikes Nola, and they contacted me via the Bike Index! translated from English
The bike was recovered by Stolen Bikes Nola, and I was contacted about it via the Bike Index! translated from English
Stolen bikes Nola recovered this bike and found me with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks to the bikes task force and the Bike Index I have my bike back! Just shows how important it is to register your bike. translated from English
I got a message from someone on the Bike Index who saw it posted on Craigslist! Thanks so much! translated from English
Scott of Splendid Cycles is my HERO!!! He spotted it at a camp and did all the footwork to get it back in my hands. What an amazing human he is. : ) translated from English
The Portland PD recovered my bike and called me to pick it up. translated from English
Found and ID'd in the Bike Index. translated from English
An officer from the SFPD recovered the bike and I couldn't be happier! Don't lose hope - register with the Bike Index and a huge thank you to the SFPD! translated from English
I was contacted by a bike shop who recognized the bike via my listing on the Bike Index. Someone had brought it in for repairs. translated from English
After our bikes were stolen, we registered them on the Bike Index, and a local hero contacted us to say that there's a sketchy listing on OfferUp with a bike that looks a lot like one of ours. It definitely was. translated from English
The Edmonton Police Services recovered my bike on April 5, 2019 at the Coliseum LRT station. They were able to use the Bike Index to ID me as the owner. I met the Constable at the station and brought my bike home. translated from English
The police received a hit the Bike Index that a pawn shop had entered in the serial number of the bike and it was a stolen bike. translated from English
Stolen Bikes NOLA called me and I picked it up Saturday, 30 March 2019 ! Thank You so much Stolen Bikes NOLA & Bike Index! translated from English
Someone posted on Stolen Bikes Nola that they bought a bike locally. Another member shared my post from Bike Index, and I was able to make contact and verify it was my bike! You guys definitely helped, and I will say this: from now on I will take many pictures and make sure I register my serial #! translated from English
The wonderful team of Stolen Bikes NOLA found it and contacted me via the Bike Index March 18th to recover it. I was out of the country and came back last night: today I picked it up. translated from English
Thief posted bike for sale on line. People saw my add on here and contacted me about the add. Would have never been able to contact police services as quickly as I did without the Bike Index! Thank you!!! translated from English
I had someone I know pretend like they were interested in buying it and when they went to exchange the money he just took it! Found using the Bike Index. translated from English
Someone saw the bike on the Bike Index's twitter and recognized it on the street. translated from English
Recovered 5 years later after someone found it abandoned and then used the Bike Index to identify it! translated from English