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Someone messaged me on Bike Index to say he had it!! oversatt fra engelsk
Someone messaged me via Bike Index to say he had it. They purchased it and looked up the serial number and found my post. So happy to have it back! oversatt fra engelsk
It was dumped in Kensington Market after failed sale attempts. A fellow cyclist saw the bike, took it in/looked it up on Bike Index, and notified me that they found it. oversatt fra engelsk
Through Bike index - my stolen bike was brought into a Gresham bike shop and the thoughtful mechanic looked it up on the bike index. oversatt fra engelsk
Recovered with help from Stolen Bikes NOLA! oversatt fra engelsk
A Good Samaritan looked up my bike on bike index! oversatt fra engelsk
Someone who not only purchased my by at a flea market, knew that what he paid for was not even close what it was worth , and knew to do the right thing and inquired with bike index. Never do I expect it that I’d have my bike back so soon!!! oversatt fra engelsk
The Boulder PD returned it to me! oversatt fra engelsk
My neighbors at Marination Station saw the thief in the ally trying to cut the wheel lock. They returned the bike to my other neighbors at BikeWorks who looked it up on Bike Index and called me. I cannot believe that it was found and am so grateful for my neighbors who intervened oversatt fra engelsk
A friend of the suspect seized the bike after learning it was stolen. He found my information on Bike Index and called me to arrange a place to return it to me. oversatt fra engelsk
The clackamas county sheriff's department called me and said they had recovered it. I don't know how they got it but I know that bike registration works! oversatt fra engelsk
Police found it in possession of individuals committing a different crime. Searching against the bike index flagged it as stolen, and police recovered it. oversatt fra engelsk
Bike was found on FB Marketplace. Potential buyer got the frame number and crosschecked with Bike Index database before reaching out to me oversatt fra engelsk
Someone found my bike on OfferUp and thought the price was suspiciously low. I contacted the seller, and they themselves purchased it on OfferUp a while back. They were happy to return it to me free of charge! I can't believe I got closure on this bike after a year! oversatt fra engelsk
Someone browsing an industrial auction website noticed a suspicious looking bike up for sale. Checked against listings in Bike Index and boom, contacted me with the auction details. The police used Bike Index to trace the bike to me 5 years ago, now I'm reunited with it! oversatt fra engelsk
I posted all over Facebook and when it was spotted in a certain neighborhood I posted in that communities Facebook groups and within 24 hours I had it back. The reward definitely kept people interested in spotting the bike. oversatt fra engelsk
SABRE recovery group! oversatt fra engelsk
ETS donated the bike (or what was left of it) to Sports Central. They saw it on here and gave me a call. I went and picked it up immediately. Going to need some parts and work, but after 7 months I figured she was gone forever! oversatt fra engelsk
I found the bike listed on Facebook Marketplace for sale at Rock Island, Illinois. Promptly informed Iowa City Police Department. While recovering, they could scan the QR code which linked to my stolen bike on the Bike Index registry. oversatt fra engelsk
EPS found it in a pawnshop a few weeks later! oversatt fra engelsk
Edmonton Police found my bike abandoned in a nearby ravine! Some parts had been changed, and the serial number had been ground off then painted over, but they were able to identify it based on all the pictures I provided. oversatt fra engelsk
Someone found it locked in an odd place and looked it up on bike index! oversatt fra engelsk
Boulder Police found suspicious person with my bike. Checked Bike Index!!! It was registered, marked as stolen and had serial #. So incredibly grateful. This is how a system works! oversatt fra engelsk
A bike shop employee smelled something fishy when I guy came in asking how much it was worth with a story about how Elon Musk had pulled up in a van and gave it to him. He checked bikeindex and there it was! oversatt fra engelsk
Someone bought my bike at a yard sale 30mi away, 2.5 years after it was stolen. They found my bike on BikeIndex and the local stolen bikes Facebook page and contacted me via FB Messenger. oversatt fra engelsk
Thanks BRAT (bike recovery action teams) and Bike Index! oversatt fra engelsk
The thieves broke my bike and took it into The Daily Rider bike shop to be repaired. The bike shop recognised my bike from footage I'd posted of it being stolen, checked the serial number on Bike Index, and called the police! oversatt fra engelsk
Someone saw it on Bike Index and they happened to know me! oversatt fra engelsk
Auraria campus police department found it abandoned in Denver. They called me and alerted me they had it. I drove down from boulder to Denver and picked it up. They were able to find me through my bikes serial code and track me down here on bike index. oversatt fra engelsk
I had 0 hope, zilch, nada.., but bike index came to the rescue. 2 weeks after bike was stolen, I got an email from a good samaritan that some homeless person dropped it in their front yard in the middle of the night. He emailed me, I verified my bike through the serial number. oversatt fra engelsk
The police recovered it and contacted me. The bike had been modified by the thieves but we used the info uploaded to bike index to identify it. oversatt fra engelsk
Thanks to bike index and the biking community of Edmonton. Helped that it was kept on the neighbourhood and some friends recognised it. Amazing 🤩 oversatt fra engelsk
The Edmonton Police Services could recover the bike because I reported it on the Bike Index as stolen. Otherwise, it could take much longer or maybe never be recovered. oversatt fra engelsk
Constable Cole from EPS stopped a suspicious cyclist and found our contact information through Bike Index. He called us at 10:25 pm and returned the bike to our home by 11:00 pm on the same day it was stolen. Amazing! So appreciative of this process. Thank you. oversatt fra engelsk
Bike was listed by a "post theft" purchaser, and the potential buyer actually looked on Bike Index before buying. Both buyer and seller reached out to me to let me know they'd found it. oversatt fra engelsk
Local social media group for stolen bikes found the ad and the group member located my bike on the bike index to contact me. I then contacted the office on file with the details. oversatt fra engelsk
Kind man found bike in ravine across town and looked up bike on bike index. We met up and were reunited with our bike. oversatt fra engelsk
Bike Index contacted me through Facebook and connected me with the person who found my bike. oversatt fra engelsk
Police used bikeindex to find me. Stocker had been scrapped off but able to look it up and reached out. oversatt fra engelsk
After receiving tips from Bike index about the Facebook market place ad, the RCMP went and recovered the bike from the thief oversatt fra engelsk
Park Police found it stashed in the woods and turned it in to the closest local bike shop, which called me, thanks to either the Bike Index registry. I'm over the moon! oversatt fra engelsk
EPS found it and delivered it to my location after 16 days since it was stolen. Thank you EPS! oversatt fra engelsk
The police recovered it and returned it to me oversatt fra engelsk
It was recently purchased on Facebook Marketplace and the buyer later discovered it was marked as Stolen. He contacted me via Bike Index and I got it back. Thank you to this site and to the buyer who cared enough to make things right. oversatt fra engelsk
I received a message through Bike Index that someone saw the bike by a dumpster at their apartment. Yippie!! oversatt fra engelsk
Edmonton Police found my bike at an encampment the day after it was stolen. When they cross referenced the serial on Bike Index they found that it was stolen, contacted me, and it was returned to me later that day. oversatt fra engelsk
Identified in neighboring town by someone who recognized the bike from a photo shared in a local facebook group. They contacted the police who were able to recover the bike, match the serial number to the police report, and get in touch with me to return it. oversatt fra engelsk
Turned up in the auction of a storage unit and the buyer contacted me through bike index. Yay bike index! oversatt fra engelsk
Was contacted by an individual saying he purchased the bike from a guy in need. Think I just bought my bike back from the guy who stole it. oversatt fra engelsk
Recovered by the Calgary Police Service after they matched it up as stolen on Bike Index! oversatt fra engelsk