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 Bike Index!
Peter Recovered 2026-10-29T04:00:13-0500 translated from English
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About a week after it was stolen, a pawn shop called the cops. When the bike was brought in, they ran the serial number in the bike registry and it returned stolen. They bought it from the dude, got his ID, and then gave me the bike and had the court pay them back. Just remembered to mark it recovered just in case it's stolen again.
Max Recovered 2026-10-28T10:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Calgary Police Services recovered the bike from a residential property & located me via bike index
Morgan Recovered 2026-10-27T12:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Transit Police confiscated off a detainee that was loitering at train station
Recovered 2026-10-27T10:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Edmonton police found it. They are a 💎
Morteza Recovered 2026-10-27T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Called the company of the truck used to lift my bike and they fired the guy. He wanted to return it after getting caught.
Steven Recovered 2026-10-24T08:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Police arrest!
Recovered 2026-10-23T15:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Police found it!
Hunter Recovered 2026-10-22T19:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Someone called me and said that they had boughten my bike and then discovered it had been stolen on bike index. They called me and returned the bike to me!!!! It’s been over a year since it was stolen, and it looks the exact same. Even the triangle bag was still attached!
Amelie Recovered 2026-10-22T18:00:00-0500 translated from English
Somewhere tonight, a bike is being stolen. Help it come home.
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