Someone contacted me via Bike Index to say they saw what they thought was my bike chained up on the back of a motor home. I followed up and called the Seattle Police Dept. They came and recovered my bike. Thanks to everyone involved! translated from English
Thief was trying to trade the bike with a seller on Pinkbike. Seller realized thief knew nothing about the bike and thought it might be stolen. He found my bike on the Bike Index and contacted me. We worked with local police to recover the bike and arrest the thief. translated from English
Sequim, WA Police department got a call from an honest citizen who found it in a storage locker rented by the thief. translated from English
EPS found this bike, big shout out to them. They contacted me via Bike Index! translated from English
Someone sent me a link (through Bike Index) to a Facebook marketplace posting and my friends stole my bike back translated from English
Boise Police Department used the picture on the Bike Index to positively match the bike at a local pawn shop. translated from English
It was found by another user on the Bike Index. He purchased it from someone on the street and search the serial number in your database. So amazed it was found! translated from English
Fellow user from the Bike Index user spotted it on kijiji and police retrieved it. Thanks! translated from English
A woman who had prior experience with her bike getting stolen, spotted it and noticed that it looked out of place. She was able to contact me through the Bike Index and verify that it was ours! translated from English
Bike was brought into Huckleberry Bicycles in downtown SF just before 5 PM same day as stolen. The employee looked it up on the Bike Index and it was near the top of your list. Employee notified me through the Bike Index. I'm now an evangelist for your service. translated from English
Someone had contacted me saying he ended up buying the bike from someone else and had found out the bike was reported stolen. He offered to send the bike back to me or compensate me for the value of the bike for him to keep it. Amazed at his honesty, I offered to sell him the bike at a discount. translated from English
Seattle North precinct officer found it after viewing the Bike Index listing! I listed it under 12 hours before he found it! translated from English
A Bike Index user saw my bike on the street, checked the Bike Index, realized it was my bike. The next day he came back and confronted the owner, who admitted the bike was stolen. He contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
Stolen bikes NOLA helped me recover it! They contacts me via the Bike Index! translated from English
Recovered by stolen bikes NOLA, contacted via the Bike Index. translated from English
A neighbor found it in tact and then it on the Bike Index. Thanks! translated from English
The bike was found in Bellingham. They noticed an individual left with no bike and returned with a newer bike and decided to check it out. The found my bike information listed on the Bike Index and contacted me. translated from English
The Bike Index emailed me and said they had seen a post about it Reddit from somebody who found it in their back yard. translated from English
Through the Bike Index! Someone found it and fixed it up. translated from English
Alex from stolen bikes NOLA reclaimed it from someone who had purchased it for $45! After 2 months, my bike was sighted on Esplanade and it was recovered without conflict. They contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
A good Samaritan in the neighborhood found the bike behind a dumpster and called me through the Bike Index! Reunited and it feels so good! translated from English
Recovered by Stolen Bikes NOLA, they contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
Recovered by Stolen Bikes NOLA, they contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
Stolen bikes Nola helped find it with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English
Found a couple miles east of our house in an alley. I was notified by an upstanding citizen that connected with me via the Bike Index. translated from English
The Seattle Police Department found it and it contacted me via the Bike Index translated from English
It was brought into Velo Bike Shop in Seattle for a flat repair and the amazing team there (thank you so much Val) was skeptical and looked the bike up on the Bike Index. I never thought I would see my bike again, especially after almost three years. translated from English
Someone found it and reached me using the Bike Index! translated from English
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
Spotted in downtown PDX. Then PPb bike theft recovered it from the thieves and contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
A person bought it, saw that it was stolen and contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
Someone from stolen bikes Nola found it!! The contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
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
Recovered via the Bike index and PDX police translated from English
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
Bike was recovered with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English
Bike was recovered with the help of the Bike Index! translated from English
The Police Department worked with a local pawn shop to locate it. They contacted me via the Bike Index. translated from English
Found bike frame and returned to original owners after running the serial through the Bike Index database! translated from English
Bike was found abandoned. I was contacted through the Bike Index. translated from English
I recovered this bike and another with the help of the Bike Index. translated from English
I recovered this bike and one other with the help of the Bike Index, thank you! translated from English
I recovered this bike and one other with the help of the Bike Index, thank you! translated from English
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
Recovered by Portland Police Bureau, contacted with help from the Bike Index. translated from English
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
Recovered with the Bike Index's help! translated from English
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
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
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