Recovery stories
Every one of these bikes found its way home.
Behind each photo is a rider who thought it was gone for good, and someone who cared enough to check. A shop mechanic. A police officer. A stranger who remembered an alert. This is what a free, open registry makes possible, and it's kept free by people like you.
- bikes registered, free
- 1.8M+
- stolen bikes recovered
- 18,587
- value returned to owners
- $39M+
- partner shops, police departments, and cities
- 1,800+
In their own words
Every story here is shared by the person who got their bike back.
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Thank you CPS and the members of your amazing team. They were able to locate my stolen bike and they even dropped it off at my house once recovered. Truly incredible service! Glad to get my trusty steed back.
Matt Recovered 2026-08-14T22:00:00-0500 translated from English
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By registering this through Bike Index, when it was brought into a Radrunner shop in Solana Beach, they were able to find and contact me!
Charles Recovered 2026-08-14T04:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Constable found it and looked it up!
Jamie Recovered 2026-08-13T20:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Someone who bought it searched the serial number and my post came up and they contacted me through Bike Index!
David Recovered 2026-08-12T18:00:00-0500 translated from English
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A Bike Index member contacted me that they knew were it was but hadn't recovered it yet. I reached out to the police department with that information and about an hour later i got another call from a BI member that she, and a police officer, had my bike! I'm so so grateful to BI!
Reva Recovered 2026-08-12T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Tips from this community led me to my bike, thank you to everyone who helped.
Timothy Recovered 2026-08-11T02:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Found by police and police reached out to us via bike index!
Maria Recovered 2026-08-10T23:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Thanks Bike Index and the BVT bike recovery group!
Patrick Recovered 2026-08-10T19:00:00-0500 translated from English
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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.
David Recovered 2026-08-09T09:00:00-0500 translated from English
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