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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PPB Officer R. Wilson/Wolfson found my bike at BioClean using Bike Index registry!
Jakob Recovered 2025-11-20T21:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!!
Ben Recovered 2025-11-19T16:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!!
Christian Recovered 2025-11-19T16:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!!
Christian Recovered 2025-11-19T16:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Thanks Bike Index and BVT bike recovery group!!
Rick Recovered 2025-11-19T16:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Working together with bike index and the Edmonton city police, they recovered the bike when the thief tried to pawn it, bike index was notified by the pawnshop, and the city police recovered it. The thief tried to register a couple times, bike index is amazing!
Paulhrynew Recovered 2025-11-16T22:00:00-0600 translated from English
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The bike was given to a bike shop in Toronto, the shop owner contacted me through bike index!
Sadegh Recovered 2025-11-14T05:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Police found it, and contacted me after looking it up on bike index!
Ransley Recovered 2025-11-13T18:00:00-0600 translated from English
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Officer Jay of Seattle PD contacted me and said that he had seen a person riding it in downtown. After recognizing it from my Bike Index post, he confiscated it and had it at the West Precinct. Tracy of SABRE helped by facilitating contact between myself and Officer Jay.
Becky Recovered 2025-11-11T21:00:00-0600 translated from English
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