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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Since I had included a police report incident number in my report on Bike Index, the property owner contacted SPD to report their recovery of the bike and reference the number. SPD delivered the bike back to me.
Patrick Recovered 2025-08-01T20:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Someone through BikeIndex shared the link of my bike being sold on FB Marketplace.
Jorge Recovered 2025-07-31T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The police recovered it in a laundry bin on campus a few blocks down from the location it was stolen.
Summer Recovered 2025-07-31T14:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Found by peace officer who looked up on bike index
Erin Recovered 2025-07-28T18:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Recovered from a police auction after Mark with Stolen Bikes Calgary matched it up on Bike Index.
Talal Recovered 2025-07-27T20:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Got called by the Calgary Police Service stating that they had recovered my bike from an individual in around the area it was stolen from.
Gord Recovered 2025-07-27T01:00:00-0500 translated from English
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U of A officer found a guy with 4 bikes and one of them was mine
Eric Recovered 2025-07-26T20:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The BTV Stolen Bike Recovery group. They require you to file a police report, report it as stolen on Bike Index, and post about it. Community members then keep their eyes out for stolen or abandoned bikes. Within 12 hours of reporting it stolen it was recovered.
Paige Recovered 2025-07-26T15:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Thief tried to sell bike and the buyer looked it up here and found out it was stolen, and contacted police.
Maria Recovered 2025-07-25T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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