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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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.
Lucas Recovered 2026-08-02T22:00:00-0500 translated from English
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A person who also uses the service called me when he saw my bike
Ed Recovered 2026-08-02T15:00:00-0500 translated from English
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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.
Kathy Recovered 2026-07-31T15:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The Seattle Police called at 6 AM the morning after I marked the bike as stolen saying they had found it.
Bob Recovered 2026-07-29T15:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Combination of the Inside Line reposted my story another customer seeing it and the police recovering it.
Geoff Recovered 2026-07-29T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The police found a guy riding it pulled him over a retrieved it from the thief.
Ashley Recovered 2026-07-28T18:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Edmonton Police helped to recover!
Drew Recovered 2026-07-28T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The bike was recovered by police and was returned via bike index
Michael Recovered 2026-07-25T01:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Recovered by the Calgary Police Service.
David Recovered 2026-07-24T06:00:00-0500 translated from English
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