Recovery Stories

Oceanside Police department doing their normal sweeps noticed the bike. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Kareem Bike recovered 2024.8.21

EPS found an individual riding the bike. Stopped them and determined it was ours! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Lauren Bike recovered 2024.8.20

A man walking in a nearby park found it in some weeds off of a walking path. He told a friend about it and his friend had seen my bike index post and gave the finder my phone number and he called me. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Bryan Bike recovered 2024.8.20

Someone messaged me because they saw my posting on Bike Index! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Ramon Bike recovered 2024.8.20

Edmonton Police Service found it at a local pawn shop. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Lauren Bike recovered 2024.8.17

Police recovery translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Amber Bike recovered 2024.8.16

Got a call from a bike shop, Trek Bike in happy valley called me the bike popped up in a tire service. Bicycle has been recovered. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Jacob Bike recovered 2024.8.16

The police called saying they found my bike. Thank you translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Brody Bike recovered 2024.8.15

EPS did a fantastic job getting it back to me! Thank you to Bike Index and the cops who looked it up!! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Aaron Bike recovered 2024.8.15

Thanks BVT bike revovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Seth Bike recovered 2024.8.14

Thanks BVT bike revovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Nick Bike recovered 2024.8.14

Thanks BVT bike revovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike barrie Bike recovered 2024.8.14

Thanks BVT bike revovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Dylan Bike recovered 2024.8.14

Thanks BVT bike revovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Jon Bike recovered 2024.8.14

Thanks BVT bike revovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Emma Bike recovered 2024.8.14

Confiscated by a pawn shop and returned by the police! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Ken Bike recovered 2024.8.13

The Calgary Police Service recovered the bike. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Kim Bike recovered 2024.8.11

EPS found it translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Judy Bike recovered 2024.8.10

EDMONTON POLICE SERVICE with help from Bike Index! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Glenn Bike recovered 2024.8.9

Somebody bought the bike, found that the serial number was registered on Bikeindex as stolen and returned it to us. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Scott Bike recovered 2024.8.9

Turned in to police, found in a park. Serial number was removed but the pictures on bike index allowed the police and the community to ID it. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Scott Bike recovered 2024.8.9

Calgary police searched the bike index database for the bike when it was located at a drop in centre. Thanks bike index! Donated to the site! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Timothy Bike recovered 2024.8.9

A nurse at a hospital decided to further investigate a situation and found my bike index post online! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike David Bike recovered 2024.8.8

UW Police found it and contacted me through Bike Index! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Hugo Bike recovered 2024.8.8

It wasn’t actually stolen! The guy who picked it up after it fell off my roof rack found my post here and returned it to me. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Austin Bike recovered 2024.8.8

Tracy with Bike Recovery Action Teams recovered this bike at Sandpoint, Seattle, WA! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Danielle Bike recovered 2024.8.8

Edmonton police returned bike. A miracle of god!! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Alan Bike recovered 2024.8.7

Bike Index! A kind neighbor found it several blocks away and used Bike Index to find me. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Brice Bike recovered 2024.8.6

Contacted by CPS that they had recovered my bike. Picked it up from the police station this evening. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Randy Bike recovered 2024.8.5

Police recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Ryan Bike recovered 2024.8.5

A transit officer found the bike at the train station and put it in the lost and found. They contacted me through Bike Index! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Cziniah Bike recovered 2024.8.4

Friend noticed my bike at someone we knew and serial numbers matches. Thank you for having a place to help get our bikes back . It works translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Cynthia Bike recovered 2024.8.3

Flagged by a pawn shop and returned by Houston Police Dept translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Sophie Bike recovered 2024.8.3

Hello Bike Index - a success story as my stolen bike was just located and returned - undoubtedly because of my registration on Bike Index. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Casey Bike recovered 2024.8.3

Police organized pick up from a marketplace ad and returned the bike to me! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Kylie Bike recovered 2024.8.3

Edmonton police called me up told they thought they recovered my bike asked me to describe it and sure enough it was mine. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Bart Bike recovered 2024.8.3

Play it Again Sports ran the serial number when someone tried selling the bike. Thankfully we registered with BikeIndex.org and the bike came up as stolen. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Lance Bike recovered 2024.8.3

SABRE made it happen. Amazing work! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Joseph Bike recovered 2024.8.1

Calgary Police Service Recovery I recommend bike index because I never would have seen my bike again. I am very lucky but everyone with a bike should be using this. Thanks CPS! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Tyson Bike recovered 2024.7.31

Thanks to BTV Bike Recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Jay Bike recovered 2024.7.30

Thanks to BVT Bike Recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Audrey Bike recovered 2024.7.30

Thanks to BTV Bike Recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Christina Bike recovered 2024.7.30

Thanks to BTV Bike Recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Molly Bike recovered 2024.7.30

Thanks to BTV Bike Recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Cecily Bike recovered 2024.7.30

Thanks to BTV Bike Recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike gabriel Bike recovered 2024.7.30

Thanks to BTV Bike Recovery! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Dean Bike recovered 2024.7.30

I found my bike on Facebook MP, approx, 30 days after in was stolen. I worked with the Kent, WA police dept and we set up a buy. Tracy helped secure my bike until I was in town to pick it up. Excellent work by all. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Mark Bike recovered 2024.7.29

Had stopped in a local bike shop that sells used bikes to see if it was there. A couple of days later, someone showed up with it and based on the description, they checked bike index and contacted us to come get it! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Carrie Bike recovered 2024.7.27

A very friendly and helpful Officer Burke from the Davis PD was able to recover the bike and return it to me in the same night! translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Benjamin Bike recovered 2024.7.24

Edmonton police located it with some people of interest. They checked the bikeindex tag, status was stolen, and got in contact with right away to drop it off back home. translated from English

Photo of recovered bike Marcos Bike recovered 2024.7.23