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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A cool, rad dude was walking and noticed the bike unlocked with some other junker bikes. My didn't appear to fit in with the others and he looked it up on the Bike Index and saw it was stolen. He brought it home and we met up for the exchange.
Scott Recovered 2026-04-20T19:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Some local SE bike riders recovered it from the thief and found me through Bike Index!
Daniel Recovered 2026-04-18T03:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Was brought into a non-profit bike organization (bike Edmonton ) , they ran the Serial number and called me, thank you Bike Index!
Greg Recovered 2026-04-16T02:00:00-0500 translated from English
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I got a call from EPS Constable McKinnon with the good news.
Mark Recovered 2026-04-16T01:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The county sheriff had a search warrent on an unrelated charge and raided a house. In their search they found my bike, ran the serial number and contacted me! They gave it back to me, it's still in good shape but needed a little bit of TLC from the bike shop.
Jodi Recovered 2026-04-14T01:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The RCMP recovered my bike in the back of a truck that was also stolen. The officers scanned the QR code and contacted me.
james Recovered 2026-04-10T06:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Returned through the Calgary City Police - rider was involved in an infraction of some sorts and the CPS checked the bike serial number. They tracked me down right away through Bike Index!!
Craig Recovered 2026-04-04T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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A person found it in a tree behind some nearby neighborhood stores. We wish we had registered the serial number sooner, but are grateful Bike Index exists.
Ruth Recovered 2026-03-28T11:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Good Samaritan reached out through Bike Index!
Macarena Recovered 2026-03-21T15:00:00-0500 translated from English
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