Recovery stories

Someone found it and reached me using the Bike Index! translated from English

Blahdia Bike recovered 2019.5.28

I found an ad for this bike on Kijiji, set up a meeting and checked the Serial Number. It was in fact the same one so I reported it to the local RCMP and they recovered it after verifying it on the Bike Index. translated from English

Neil Bike recovered 2019.5.27

Spotted in downtown PDX. Then PPb bike theft recovered it from the thieves and contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English

Carrie Bike recovered 2019.5.27

A person bought it, saw that it was stolen and contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English

Cassandra Bike recovered 2019.5.24

Someone from stolen bikes Nola found it!! The contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English

Marisa Bike recovered 2019.5.24

Someone bought it on internet. Later, he realized it was reported as stolen and he returned it to the police office at Stony Plain, who contacted me via the Bike Index. Amazing people is out there. translated from English

Francisco Bike recovered 2019.5.24

Recovered via the Bike index and PDX police translated from English

Roberto Bike recovered 2019.5.24

Through the work of Edmonton Police Service, Stolen Bikes Edmonton Facebook, and the Bike Index we were able to find the bike on Kijiji and set up a sting operation to get the bike back! translated from English

Chantal Bike recovered 2019.5.24

Bike was recovered with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English

Vicki Bell Bike recovered 2019.5.22

Bike was recovered with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English

Vicki Bell Bike recovered 2019.5.22

The Police Department worked with a local pawn shop to locate it. They contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English

Savannah Bicycle Campaign Bike recovered 2019.5.21

Found bike frame and returned to original owners after running the serial through the Bike Index database! translated from English

Jason Bike recovered 2019.5.20

Bike was found abandoned. I was contacted through the Bike Index. translated from English

Kevin Bike recovered 2019.5.19

I recovered this bike and another with the help of the Bike Index. translated from English

Teddy Bike recovered 2019.5.18

I recovered this bike and one other with the help of the Bike Index, thank you! translated from English

Teddy Southrn Yeti Bike recovered 2019.5.18

I recovered this bike and one other with the help of the Bike Index, thank you! translated from English

Teddy Southrn Yeti Bike recovered 2019.5.18

Good samaritan found the frame abandoned in West Seattle, ran it against the Bike Index database, got in touch, and returned it. translated from English

Valeria Bike recovered 2019.5.17

Recovered by Portland Police Bureau, contacted with help from the Bike Index. translated from English

Robert Bike recovered 2019.5.17

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

Mark Bike recovered 2019.5.14

Recovered with the Bike Index's help! translated from English

Connie Bike recovered 2019.5.9

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

Lila Bike recovered 2019.5.8

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

Dillon Bike recovered 2019.5.8

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

Daniel Bike recovered 2019.5.7

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

Manuel Bike recovered 2019.5.7

Sold to an unsuspecting buyer on Offerup, because Offerup is terrible then ID'd as stolen in the Bike Index. translated from English

Greg Cargo Bike (Front Storage) recovered 2019.5.6

Someone saw my bike downtown, called me via the Bike Index, and flagged down the police! translated from English

Craig Bike recovered 2019.5.6

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

Mary Bike recovered 2019.5.2

The bike was found at local bike shop and we were notified via the Bike Index! Thanks. translated from English

Kristin Bike recovered 2019.5.2

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

Joshua Bike recovered 2019.5.1

Stolen Bikes Nola found it with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English

Matt Bike recovered 2019.5.1

King county Sheriff's office spotted and recovered bike in downtown Seattle. They contacted me via the Bike Index translated from English

Thomas Bike recovered 2019.4.30

David from Stages Cycling spotted it in inner SE and helped recover it. They contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English

Adam Bike recovered 2019.4.30

Found by Portland Police, identified by serial number listed on the Bike Index! translated from English

Taylor Bike recovered 2019.4.30

Bike came into a bike shop for repair and owner became suspicious and checked the Bike Index! translated from English

Anne Bike recovered 2019.4.26

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

Stephen Bike recovered 2019.4.25

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

Elbers Bike recovered 2019.4.25

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

Henry Bike recovered 2019.4.24

Edmonton police pulled a guy over who was riding it and ran the serial number through the Bike Index. translated from English

Natasha Bike recovered 2019.4.24

Good Samaritan found out in some bushes and found it using the Bike Index! translated from English

Mike Bike recovered 2019.4.23

Recovered through Bike Index, the CA distributor from Tern, & two awesome people that found it and held it for a month! translated from English

Taylor Bike recovered 2019.4.23

Police located it and contacted me via the Bike Index! translated from English

Max Bike recovered 2019.4.17

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

Evan Bike recovered 2019.4.14

Recovered by Nola PD and identified using the Bike Index! translated from English

Marlon Bike recovered 2019.4.13

Stolen Bikes Nola recovered this and found me with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English