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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Police found the bike at a pawn shop and returned it to me!
Erik Recovered 2026-06-15T05:00:00-0500 translated from English
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We marked it as stolen and the police were able to recover it
Tiffany Recovered 2026-06-14T05:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The police stopped someone driving it and looked it up on bike index and returned it to me!
David Recovered 2026-06-14T04:00:00-0500 translated from English
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This bike was recovered through bike index!
Eric Recovered 2026-06-12T21:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Police called me and said that they found it outside a McDonald's downtown. They checked the serial number and found it matched up with my post on Bike Index!
Richard Recovered 2026-06-10T23:00:00-0500 translated from English
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EPS found it!
Patrick Recovered 2026-06-09T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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My bike was found in the trash and people looked it up and found it on bike index.
Tim Recovered 2026-06-08T20:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Police found it on Stephen Ave and returned it this morning!
Colin Recovered 2026-06-08T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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PSU Bike Shop recovered it and contacted me after determining it was stolen thanks to Bike Index!
Brett Recovered 2026-06-04T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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