Recovery Stories
A guy found it and texted me 15 minutes after I posted it to Bike Index!! translated from English
Calgary Police Service recovered around a week after it was stolen and tried to track down the owner with the serial number. Once I found out about Bike Index I registered my bike and they reached out to me shortly after. Without Bike Index I may never have found it. translated from English
Thanks to the BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index!! translated from English
Thanks to the BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index!! translated from English
Thanks to the BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index!! translated from English
Thanks to the BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index!! translated from English
Thanks to the BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index!! translated from English
Thanks to the BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index!! translated from English
Thanks to the BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index!! translated from English
It's been over a year, but getting our bike stolen was hard, having our family bike get stolen sucked. To have the community come together to be able to return it in fairly good condition really was a good lesson for my kid and restored her faith in the community. translated from English
It was a huge community effort involving many people on social media and in-person, as well as businesses that were able to provide footage of the thief going into narrow down location. The integrated ads definitely helped spread the word so thank you! translated from English
Portland Police recovered my bike. So grateful!! translated from English
With the help of Tracy from the recovery team at Bike Index and BRAT! translated from English
Recovered by Lethbridge Police, they found me through Bike Index! translated from English
Burlington Police Dept and Burlington Stolen Bikes FB volunteers recovered this bike 8/31/25! translated from English
Edmonton Police Dept (EPD) found my stolen bike in 2 weeks and returned. Great job EPD! translated from English
Got a call a week after I reported my bike as stolen on Bike Index. Someone called me from a shop near my house and sent a picture of the bike to confirm it was mine. This tip allowed me to recover the bike with the police! translated from English
It was found by the San Diego Police Department. One of the officers knew about Bike Index and narrowed down the results to find me! translated from English
Someone called me who had bought it and found my Bike Index listing! translated from English
Thanks BVT recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Extensive facebook ads made the bike nearly unsellable in Calgary. We also had a photo of the culprit and posted it all over facebook. Eventually, he came clean in exchange for us taking his photo down. translated from English
Someone who uses bike index found my bike stolen when they searched the serial number. They called me to return it, thanks Bike Index! translated from English
A student had found my scooter and scanned the QR code to contact me. translated from English
Someone bought it from the theif and rode it to my place of employment, metropolitan ministries where I work doing bicycle repairs. Thanks y'all. You gave me irrefutable proof of ownership. translated from English
Someone found it and looked up serial number through bike index translated from English
As soon as my bike was stolen I registered on bike index and filed a police report. The police called me almost three weeks later and had recovered my bike! Thank you for this amazing service! translated from English
The bike had an air tag and the EPS were able to track it and find the bike. They found me through Bike Index. translated from English
Nextdoor post i put yesterday and the person that found it sent a message. Asking for the serial number and it was it. translated from English
My friend saw someone riding it in Davis, and I called the police nonemergency, and we recovered it! translated from English
I posted the Bike Index link to a local Facebook group. A few neighbors in this group spotted my bike in a field. translated from English
I posted this bike on a local Facebook group for Stolen bikes: BTV Stolen Bike Report and Recovery. Another member had their bike stolen and mine was left in its place. They were able to find me on Bike Index and return my bike! translated from English
Through a Good Samaritan and RCMP translated from English
Bike was recovered after it was matched up on Bike Index thanks to a member of Stolen Bikes Calgary, who flagged down the Calgary Police! translated from English
PlayItAgain Sports called me through Bike Index and told me they had my bike. Picked it up the next day translated from English
Police located bike and recovered it. translated from English
I got my bike back BECAUSE OF BIKE INDEX!!! Posting here people sent me a link to a really cheap posting of MY bike. I got the local police involved and they recovered my bike. WE CAN ADVENTURE AGAIN, all because of this community of heroes. Thank you. translated from English
Edmonton Police recovered this bike! The officer told us that having our bike registered at bikeindex.org is what helped them find the owner. We are extremely grateful to EPS and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Someone found my listing on Bike Index nearly two months later, and sent me an email. I'm really impressed! translated from English
EPS downtown beat constables encountered a couple known to them with my bike which looked incongruous and suspicious. Constables ran the bike index number from bike sticker and were able to contact and return the bike to me. translated from English
The police found it abandoned, called my wife (the owner) and said "we really should take this to evidence, but you live so close - how about you just come and pick it up?" She went over there and they helped her load it into the car. translated from English
A patrolman saw a man riding my trike in the West Sac area, and stopped him. The man said he'd bought the trike from someone else. The police then returned the trike to me thanks to my Bike Index registration. translated from English