Recovery stories

I got rid of everything that had the serial number on it, thinking all of lost. Everything, except the registration on this website. I pulled it up, showed the Owner of the laundromat, and brought my baby home. translated from English

Shane Bike recovered 2023.9.15

Received messages from fellow bikeindex'ers, about my bike appearing on FB Marketplace. Reached out to CPS and by the end of the day, the bike was recovered. Team Effort! translated from English

Neal Bike recovered 2023.9.14

The police recovered it from the drop-in centre by checking the serial number and searching bike index. translated from English

Kelly Bike recovered 2023.9.14

An awesome police officer found it and looked it up using bikeindex.org translated from English

Michael Bike recovered 2023.9.14

Calgary police didn’t say but I got an email 3 years later about it. To top it all off they got it back to me despite me writing the serial number down wrong. It’s in rough shape but nothing that can’t be repaired translated from English

Jennifer Bike recovered 2023.9.14

Someone saw my bike on bike index and then on the streets in a tent. They tipped me off and then I forwarded the tip to the police officer that made my theft report. translated from English

nico Bike recovered 2023.9.14

Bikeindex helped spread the word in the community and people saw my bike for sale on Facebook and the police were able to return it! translated from English

Kelsey Bike recovered 2023.9.13

EPS found the bike!! Thank you so much! You've made a 9-year-old boy very happy. :) translated from English

Christie Bike recovered 2023.9.13

Police found bike, checked serial # on bike index translated from English

Brigitte Bike recovered 2023.9.12

CPS contacted me stating the bike was found near downtown. translated from English

Mo Bike recovered 2023.9.12

A community member found it and returned it to me translated from English

Aiden Bike recovered 2023.9.12

Emeryville Police Department found my bike in the back of a stolen car. Since the original police report recorded the theft using a car theft report Emeryville was not able to find the police report. They found my Bike Index listing, which had the police report number on it. translated from English

Marc Bike recovered 2023.9.12

Helpful citizens who found the bike abandoned several miles away. translated from English

John Bike recovered 2023.9.10

Someone tried to sell it at a Cambridge bike shop, they checked the serial number and noticed it was listed as stolen. They then called me. translated from English

David Bike recovered 2023.9.10

CPS detectives were able to retrieve it. Thank you very much to everyone that helped! Bike Index was the first to alert me of the ad on Kijiji and it was all downhill from there. I will be hiding an Airtag on my bike to prevent this from happening again. translated from English

Scott Bike recovered 2023.9.10

The bike was identified by a good samaritan who contacted me after looking up the serial number on Bike Index! We worked with the local police department to successfully recover the bike. translated from English

Lincoln Bike recovered 2023.9.8

Carol, a local dog walker, messaged me on this platform and helped me locate where the bike was. I was able to get it recovered this AM! Thank you translated from English

Aaron Bike recovered 2023.9.8

Thank you as well to all the people at bike index. I actually got inspiration to use Bike Index from a This American Life Episode 766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING!" translated from English

Shay Bike recovered 2023.9.7

Calgary Police found it abandoned downtown on September 4 and returned it to me on September 5. They verified the serial number against the report and the bike index post. translated from English

Jorge Bike recovered 2023.9.7

I got an email from another Bike Index user, this morning saying he saw my bike for sale on Facebook Marketplace. translated from English

Claudine Bike recovered 2023.9.5

24hrs after reporting this to the Edmonton police and they were able to recover my bike. Thank you everyone for helping me getting my bike back.. Thank you to the West division police officers who went and located my bike and thank you bike index. translated from English

Ernie Bike recovered 2023.9.5

Someone saw it, looked on this site and contacted me. translated from English

Vicki Bike recovered 2023.9.4

A person in Saskatoon contacted me to say he had bought the bike on Kajiji and then realized it was stolen translated from English

Neil Bike recovered 2023.9.2

The bike thief sold it and the new owner brought it into a bike shop. The bike shop recognized that the bike was suspicious, especially being an electric bike and the owner didn’t have the key. The bike shop found us on bike index. translated from English

Jasmine Bike recovered 2023.9.2

Found it on Facebook Marketplace. Contacted the seller and organized with Stolen Bikes NOLA to get it back. translated from English

Tommie Bike recovered 2023.8.31

The officer found the bike with another guy riding it. The officer saw the bike and quickly recognized my bike and finally returned to me! Thank you EPS and constable Terry! translated from English

Arvin Bike recovered 2023.8.31

Edmonton Police Service recovered the bike in only 3 days! Thank you! translated from English

Ed Bike recovered 2023.8.30

Calgary police arrested individual after crime and checked the bike he was trying to escape on against bike index. They then reached out to me and delivered my bike back. Bike was returned within 5 days. translated from English

Simon Bike recovered 2023.8.30

The police found someone with the bike and looked it up in the Bike Index system. The officers said this was the only reason they could returned it, since their internal filing has processing delays. The bike is back in quite good shape, and even with my bike lights! translated from English

Natalie Bike recovered 2023.8.29

Calgary Police called and let me know that they had recovered my bike! They used Bike Index and worked with Ridley's Cycle to find me and get it back to me. translated from English

DaynaH Bike recovered 2023.8.28

Somebody bought it from a pawn shop and looked up the serial number. They saw the bike listed here on Bike Index and helped get it back to me. translated from English

Toby Bike recovered 2023.8.27

A nonprofit in Seattle called Bike Works had the bike come through their shop. They found it on Bike Index and contacted me through the website. It's my partner's bike and was stolen from a bike rack on a van while he was traveling through Seattle in 2012. translated from English

Vick Bike recovered 2023.8.27

Louisville PDs Detective Haymoore's diligent police work. translated from English

Joe Cargo Bike (Rear Storage) recovered 2023.8.27

Thanks to Andrew for spotting it in Ballard and Tracy for the support. Can't believe I got it back. HUGE! translated from English

Patrick Bike recovered 2023.8.26

Recovered by police in my area, after seeing it posted here on Bike Index this morning. translated from English

Janelle Bike recovered 2023.8.25

Someone saw an ad for it on offer up. Looked the bike up on bike index and contacted me. Set up a meet with the person selling it, called the police, and got it back the next day. translated from English

Cory Bike recovered 2023.8.25

The kindest woman in the world found it stashed in some bushes. Thanks to this site and the local Trek store, she was able to track me down and return it! Never though I would see this bike again! translated from English

David Bike recovered 2023.8.25

Police Found translated from English

Dylan Bike recovered 2023.8.24

EPS contacted me to say they found a bike that was listed as stolen on Bike Index and co-ordinated its return to me. translated from English

Grant Bike recovered 2023.8.23

Someone bought it at a bike swap and called me! 2 years later!! They got my number thanks to bike index! translated from English

TKO Bike recovered 2023.8.23

Saw someone riding it down the street, told them it was registered and they gave it back. translated from English

Sasha Bike recovered 2023.8.23

Tracy from Bike Index did a badass recovery! Thanks so much! translated from English

Vickie Bike recovered 2023.8.22

The bike was recovered by Calgary Police after exactly two weeks from when it was stolen. translated from English

Jagmeet Bike recovered 2023.8.22

A gentleman who had his truck stolen found it in the bed of the truck when he truck was found by police. Police were no help to him, the manufacturer was no help, but Bike Index saved the day! Success story for two cyclists who met by chance. translated from English