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 shop owner scanned the serial in a pawn shop. Police recovered bike from the pawn shop. Thanks Bike Index!
Damon Recovered 2025-10-08T19:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Bike index to the rescue! First it was spotted by a fellow bike index user, suspicious rider, so the user looked up any recently stolen bikes on bike index, saw the bike and called me.
Trevor Recovered 2025-10-08T01:00:00-0500 translated from English
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A random tip from the public and a week of detective work and stakeouts from me.
Glyn Recovered 2025-10-07T21:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Police found it, checked bike index, contacted me and returned the bike!
Parker Recovered 2025-10-06T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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UT Austin Police called me in the morning. They were alerted that it was stolen after they ran the serial number. The police retrieved my phone number from Bike Index. Thanks Bike Index!
Thomas Recovered 2025-10-06T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The Edmonton Police contacted me after the bike was brought to a local bike shop and the bike index tag was checked :)
Jackson Recovered 2025-10-02T19:00:00-0500 translated from English
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An Instagram account called Slow Spokes spread the word and someone in the community found it. I alerted the police and they retrieved it!
Jasmine Recovered 2025-10-01T01:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Bike was seen by first responder team about 15km from the location that it was stolen from and noted as suspicious. The first responder team checked Bike Index and on seeing that the bike was marked as stolen approached the individual and recovered the bike.
Matt Recovered 2025-09-30T20:00:00-0500 translated from English
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I cannot express the gratitude I feel to the individuals who found my bike and reported it to Bike Index, and to Bike Index for providing their great service. Thank you, all!
Martin Recovered 2025-09-29T22:00:00-0500 translated from English
Somewhere tonight, a bike is being stolen. Help it come home.
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