Recovery Stories
Email from the friendly team at Bike Index matching my bike description/location. Using the email I contacted the VPD and they helped retrieve my stolen bike translated from English
Four years later I received an email through Bike Index's message service that someone had my bike and wanted to return it to me. I picked it up this weekend and so grateful for the gracious man for returning it and Bike Index for providing a platform for us to connect! translated from English
Someone tried to pawn it and they ran the registration then contacted me! translated from English
In the fall of 2025, I was contacted by Arturo in Puerto Rico who found my bike in the garbage! He saved my frame set from being discarded and used the serial number to call me and let me know he found it! translated from English
A bike shop in Philly recovered it! translated from English
The serial number was searched from a bike shop in Henderson Nevada and shipped back to me. Swanys Cycles is a phenomenal bike shop and Bike Index led them to me! translated from English
A person bought it on facebook market place and looked at the Serial number on this website and called me. translated from English
Someone left my bike on a Seattle Metro bus so it was collected by Seattle Metro. They eventually gave it to Bike Works, in Seattle, who contacted Bike Index with my Serial Number. Bike Works confirmed my ownership and I went to their shop and picked it up. Thanks everyone!! translated from English
Thanks to the watchful Bike Index community and local police, I got my bike back from marketplace! translated from English
Police detective worked with me to get the bike back! translated from English
Bought it from someone who saw the frame for sale in Washington, being parted out, knew it was a custom frame and contacted me with information found on Bike Index. translated from English
Someone bought my bike off of Facebook and checked the serial number on Bike Index to see if it was stolen! They sent me a text, we met up, and I got my bike back! I was even able to get back all my add-ons! translated from English
Found on Facebook Marketplace 4 years after being stolen. Called non-emergency and gave full details including sticker placement. Cst. called 40 minutes after my initial call to get more info. He called again 45 minutes later to ask if I was home to receive the bike translated from English
A bike recovery person reached out to say they’d seen it on FB Marketplace and we tried to set up a visit with the person who posted it. We didn’t get there fast enough BUT a guy bought it and reached out to his bike community thinking it might be stolen. translated from English
Calgary police contacted me after matching the bike description on Bike Index with a bike they recovered. Thank you translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Thanks BVT bike recovery group and Bike Index! translated from English
Edmonton police recovered and charged individual who had it. translated from English
Police contacted me through viewing my submission in bike index! translated from English
Someone bought the bike off of facebook marketplace and thought it seemed fishy. Looked it up on bike index and found my phone number. They gave me a call and they gave me back my bike. translated from English
The police impounded it from the thief and found me on Bike Index! translated from English
A buyer bought it at some flea market. They had it for couple months then tried to sell it over the holidays. The buyer looked on bike index and notified seller it was a stolen bike. The seller reached out to us through information we listed on bike index. translated from English
Someone bought the bike. Used ChatGPT to ask how to identify a stolen bike after realzing the massive discount they got on the bike. The person then contacted me to give the bike back! Thank you Bike Index!!! translated from English
Someone saw the listing on Bike Index and called us, they said the bike was strapped to the bed of his truck when he picked his truck from impound lot. He saw the listing on Bike Index and called us. He later called us and dropped it back off to us. translated from English
Tre police found it a few blocks away from its taken location with a group of people loitering. They then ran the serial and called me and returned my bike back to me immediately. They handcuffed it to the grill of their car and drove it to my house. They were awsome! translated from English
A woman from bike index, helped recover this bike for me. She found a person trying to sell this bike on facebook marketplace and coordinated the recovery. translated from English
Miraculously recovered by awesome nonprofit community at Yoga on Yamhill, despite not even having a serial number! Thank you Bike Index! translated from English
Someone spotted it and reported it to Bike Portland. Bike Portland posted the photo to social media and an employee at Splendid Cycles, where I bought it, called me about the post. I notified the police who recovered it. translated from English
A friend noticed a Thule Chariot sitting in the snow in front of the Burlington Bagel Cafe on North Avenue and mentioned it. I went to check it out and confirmed it was ours and recovered it! translated from English
A Good Samaritan found it at the PCC and saw it was stolen on bike index. They took it home for safe keeping and called us to retrieve!! translated from English
Police recovered it. They found me through Bike Index! translated from English
I was alerted by a fellow cyclist who saw the bike listed on Facebook marketplace and confirmed it was stolen via bike index! translated from English
Edmonton Police found the bike! translated from English
Police Officer witnessed person on bicycle riding away on bicycle while holding my bicycle in tow. My bicycle was dropped during police pursuit and entered into evidence. The officer reached out via Bike Index alerting me bicycle had been recovered. translated from English
Thank you. The person who reported it found in August, and had it listed on Facebook Marketplace. Edmonton Police contacted me and returned it to my daughter today. Thank you BikeIndex, the person who found it, and EPS. All three were all very helpful. translated from English
A guy called out of the blue and had checked a bike and traced the serial number to me through Bike Index. Super cool that the guy did the right thing. He got all info from Bike Index! Really grateful for the good people fixing bad people's actions and for BIKE INDEX!! translated from English
Police department found it and contacted me! translated from English
The bike was brought to a pawn shop but abandoned outside when the shop owner advised the person it was stolen - the shop owner then called the police. Registering the bike was the reason it was recovered! Thanks to EPS and BikeIndex for this program. translated from English
Someone texted me, was four blocks away from where it was taken. Person holding it claimed they bought it off of someone. Bike is pretty beat up and some accessories are missing but we got it back with the help of PPD and bike index! translated from English
PPB Officer R. Wilson/Wolfson found my bike at BioClean using Bike Index registry! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!! translated from English
Working together with bike index and the Edmonton city police, they recovered the bike when the thief tried to pawn it, bike index was notified by the pawnshop, and the city police recovered it. The thief tried to register a couple times, bike index is amazing! translated from English
The bike was given to a bike shop in Toronto, the shop owner contacted me through bike index! translated from English
Police found it, and contacted me after looking it up on bike index! translated from English
Officer Jay of Seattle PD contacted me and said that he had seen a person riding it in downtown. After recognizing it from my Bike Index post, he confiscated it and had it at the West Precinct. Tracy of SABRE helped by facilitating contact between myself and Officer Jay. translated from English