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! translated from English
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! translated from English
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. translated from English
Thanks BRAT (bike recovery action teams) and Bike Index! translated from English
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! translated from English
Someone saw it on Bike Index and they happened to know me! translated from English
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. translated from English
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. translated from English
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. translated from English
Thanks to bike index and the biking community of Edmonton. Helped that it was kept on the neighbourhood and some friends recognised it. Amazing 🤩 translated from English
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. translated from English
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. translated from English
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. translated from English
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. translated from English
Kind man found bike in ravine across town and looked up bike on bike index. We met up and were reunited with our bike. translated from English
Bike Index contacted me through Facebook and connected me with the person who found my bike. translated from English
Police used bikeindex to find me. Stocker had been scrapped off but able to look it up and reached out. translated from English
After receiving tips from Bike index about the Facebook market place ad, the RCMP went and recovered the bike from the thief translated from English
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! translated from English
EPS found it and delivered it to my location after 16 days since it was stolen. Thank you EPS! translated from English
The police recovered it and returned it to me translated from English
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. translated from English
I received a message through Bike Index that someone saw the bike by a dumpster at their apartment. Yippie!! translated from English
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. translated from English
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. translated from English
Turned up in the auction of a storage unit and the buyer contacted me through bike index. Yay bike index! translated from English
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. translated from English
Recovered by the Calgary Police Service after they matched it up as stolen on Bike Index! translated from English
Even in my event of not having the serial number, bikeindex helped put the buyer in contact with me for a successful bike recovery. Thanks Bikeindex! translated from English
Facebook stolen bike group Burlington vt recovered and then ran serial against index listing translated from English
University of Alberta Peace Officers recovered the bike and contacted me via Bike Index!!!! translated from English
Matthew Fleming of Tacoma heroically wrestled it away from someone on the street! He acted like it was no big deal, but to me it was AND it's the 3rd bike he's recovered for strangers. "I had a bike stolen once," he said, "and that's not cool." Thanks Matthew! translated from English
Someone found the bike in my neighborhood woods while picking up trash on their walk. They picked up the bike, looked it up on Bike Index, called me from my post on Bike Index, and returned the bike to me!!! Almost 8 months later, with minimal damage!! So happy! translated from English
Good Samaritan saw the bike a returned it without question back to where it was stolen from translated from English
Several individuals from SABRE Facebook stolen bike group, who saw this posting, spotted the bike in the area and texted me. I was able to spot an individual with my bike. Watching my bike from afar, I called the police. translated from English
Police found it and brought it back. Thanks to Bike Index sticker since serial number was incomplete. translated from English
The amazing volunteers from Seattle Area Bike Recovery Efforts! They were able to match an OfferUp listing with my Bike Index stolen bike post and were able to go and safely recover my bike. translated from English
Someone found it and saw my bike index sticker, then contacted me!!!!! translated from English
Police recovered it in a search translated from English
Some kind soul on bike index messaged me they seen a similar bike on marketplace I investigated and was positive it was mine then I contacted the Edmonton police and they recovered it for me !!! translated from English
I got my bike back utilizing this site! Got a call yesterday evening from a gentlemen who introduced himself as a bike mechanic at bike exchange Palo Alto that had seen my bike on Facebook marketplace. Bike is back home a little worse for wear. THANK YOU BIKEINDEX translated from English
Recovered by the Calgary Police after they matched it up as stolen on Bike Index!!! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index! translated from English
Posted for sell on online marketplace. Reclaimed from seller translated from English
It was found through the bike index translated from English
Someone found it and checked Bike Index! translated from English
Cops found it and bike index let me know translated from English
The only way this bike could have been retrieved was by the "Good Eyes" of Calgary Stolen Bikes recognizing this bike as stolen on the "Bike Index" and making a visual match on Kijiji. I can't believe I have this bike back in my possession. Thank you!!! translated from English
Seattle Police Department located this bike downtown. They checked the serial number of the bike against bikes registered on BikeIndex and found a match! They then looked up the police incident and found my contact information. I was reunited with my bike this morning! translated from English
I was contacted by the person who found it through my university email that it was registered under. translated from English