Recovery Stories
Tips from this community led me to my bike, thank you to everyone who helped. translated from English
Found by police and police reached out to us via bike index! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and the BVT bike recovery group! translated from English
Police found the bike and returned it to me. I was able to give enough info about the bike to ID it. I'm going to add the serial number and more accurate pictures soon. translated from English
The police found it. Called me and I picked it up! translated from English
Community member saw it by dumpster in alley and looked up In bike index translated from English
BTV stolen bike and recovery group spotted and the police recovered translated from English
The bicycle was returned by the police. translated from English
The business I locked the e-scooter called me this afternoon to inform me my scooter was found on the property by maintenance not damaged. Lock still missing but the motor lock must have stopped the thief translated from English
Someone contacted me after looking the bike up on bike index, and returned it to me. Heroic stuff! translated from English
Through bikeindex.org!!! The thief tried to sell it to a bike store, who checked the registration against this registry and contacted me to recover the bike! translated from English
Found by Denver Stolen Bikes facebook group! Thief posted it on facebook marketplace and the police were able to arrange a meetup for the bikes. $7k in bikes recovered! translated from English
Found by Denver Stolen Bikes facebook group! Thief posted it on facebook marketplace and the police were able to arrange a meetup for the bikes. $7k in bikes recovered! translated from English
I received a text from someone who had found the bike and matched it to my listing, they sent photos and gave the location, I came and picked it up. translated from English
A person who also uses the service called me when he saw my bike translated from English
The bike was recovered/found by The Edmonton Police Service. They called us when they matched the serial number to our police file. The bike was painted unfortunately, but it was still rideable. Good outcome. translated from English
The Seattle Police called at 6 AM the morning after I marked the bike as stolen saying they had found it. translated from English
Combination of the Inside Line reposted my story another customer seeing it and the police recovering it. translated from English
The police found a guy riding it pulled him over a retrieved it from the thief. translated from English
Edmonton Police helped to recover! translated from English
The bike was recovered by police and was returned via bike index translated from English
Recovered by the Calgary Police Service. translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and the BVT bike recovery team! translated from English
Thanks Bike Index and the BVT bike recovery team! translated from English
Thanks to Bike Index and the BVT bike recovery team! translated from English
Police found the bike at Battery Park, saw this site, and figured out it was mine. They called me up and brought it back to me. That's freaking amazing, thank you so much!!!!!!! translated from English
The police found the bike in a neighbourhood and used Bike Index to contact myself and return it! translated from English
We reported the bike as stolen on Bike Index and also filed a police report. Thanks to those reports, the police were able to identify the bike and contacted us. It was stolen on Sunday and recovered on Tuesday. We're grateful to everyone involved. translated from English
Someone bought it from a neighbouring town, looked up the SN on bike index and found my number! translated from English
Found in the bushes and thought to check the serial number. Thanks Jack! ❤️ translated from English
Someone bought the bike and saw it on Bike Index marked as stolen, they were able to contact me and return the bike. translated from English
Calgary Police Service were able to find me through Bike Index! translated from English
Local underhoused individual found the bike in the bushes and thought it was too nice to just be discarded. He called my posted phone number and offered to wait with the bike until I could collect it. Thanks Tyrone! translated from English
Police and the help of this app is like magic translated from English
Police saw two bikes against a fence while patrolling, checked the serial numbers and found they were listed as stolen in Bike Index. I had my bikes back within about an hour, but one was damaged. translated from English
Police saw two bikes against a fence while patrolling, checked the serial numbers and found they were listed as stolen in Bike Index. I had my bikes back within about an hour, but one was damaged. translated from English
Was found ditched in the river valley. The alarm must have done its job! 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
Seattle Police ran it on Bike Index after locating it! Thanks so much Bike Index! translated from English
Recovered after nearly a year—still can’t believe it! Thank you to Bike Index for keeping my bike on record and helping make recovery possible, and sincere appreciation to Calgary Police Service District 2. Very grateful! translated from English
Someone found it behind the YWCA dumpster with the battery, bag, and bungee cords missing. They looked up the bike number on the index and called me! While it sucks the batter Is gone, I’m so glad we’ve got the bike back! translated from English
Someone spotted it and posted a picture of the thief riding it on a local stolen bikes FB group. The police tracked the bike via the FB post and recovered. translated from English
Ted's Bicycle Shop in Colorado Springs picked it up from someone who brought it in for service there. They compared the serial number to the one listed here and they were able to hold on to it for me. translated from English
Police office found it and recovered it. He looked at the bike index post to confirm that it had been stolen!! Thank you! translated from English
Calgary peace officers recovered in a sweep of the Drop Inn Center. They ran the serial number and saw it was marked stolen on bike index and contacted me. translated from English
Special thanks to Calgary Police Service. Less than a month I got the bike back translated from English
Someone saw the Facebook ad that I bought through Bike Index after marking the bike as stolen! He found it abandoned at the side of his house and left it for a few days until seeing the ad on Facebook! Thank you Bike Index for making it happen so easily! translated from English
The police find it thank god, thanks to this app you guys was key to recovering my bike, the police always check your app, love you guys! translated from English