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 recovered it. They found me through Bike Index!
Karen Recovered 2025-12-07T21:00:00-0600 translated from English
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I was alerted by a fellow cyclist who saw the bike listed on Facebook marketplace and confirmed it was stolen via bike index!
Scott Recovered 2025-12-06T01:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Edmonton Police found the bike!
Nshuti Recovered 2025-12-05T20:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Police Officer witnessed person on bicycle riding away on bicycle while holding my bicycle in tow. My bicycle was dropped during police pursuit and entered into evidence. The officer reached out via Bike Index alerting me bicycle had been recovered.
Joey Recovered 2025-12-01T22:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Thank you. The person who reported it found in August, and had it listed on Facebook Marketplace. Edmonton Police contacted me and returned it to my daughter today. Thank you BikeIndex, the person who found it, and EPS. All three were all very helpful.
Kyle Recovered 2025-12-01T21:00:00-0600 translated from English
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A guy called out of the blue and had checked a bike and traced the serial number to me through Bike Index. Super cool that the guy did the right thing. He got all info from Bike Index! Really grateful for the good people fixing bad people's actions and for BIKE INDEX!!
Brock Recovered 2025-12-01T21:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Police department found it and contacted me!
Alyssa Recovered 2025-11-29T18:00:00-0600 translated from English
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The bike was brought to a pawn shop but abandoned outside when the shop owner advised the person it was stolen - the shop owner then called the police. Registering the bike was the reason it was recovered! Thanks to EPS and BikeIndex for this program.
Alan Recovered 2025-11-28T19:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Someone texted me, was four blocks away from where it was taken. Person holding it claimed they bought it off of someone. Bike is pretty beat up and some accessories are missing but we got it back with the help of PPD and bike index!
harmony Recovered 2025-11-23T01:00:00-0600 translated from English
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