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
- 18,592
- 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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My bike was dropped in somebody's backyard, and he looked up the serial number and found my bike's registration. He was able to contact me through this website to find a time to return my bike.
kmckenna2005 Recovered 2025-06-26T14:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Thank you bike index!
roudy Recovered 2025-06-26T10:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Police found it on the LRT and called me!
sjoudan@gmail.com Recovered 2025-06-24T18:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Someone saw my bike index report and also a listing on fb marketplace for my bike. They reached out to me and I was able to confront the seller and retrieve my bike.
evan Recovered 2025-06-24T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Someone found it for sale on Facebook Marketplace and then checked BikeIndex. They contacted me. I repurchased it from the person selling it on Facebook Marketplace and reported the situation to the police.
JP Recovered 2025-06-21T23:00:00-0500 translated from English
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This was the second time within a month my bike had been stolen but thanks to you guys and public my bike was recovered! Thank you!
David Recovered 2025-06-20T20:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Someone allegedly bought the bike at a flea market and looked up the serial # on Bike Index, called me and asked me to reimburse him for the $100 cost to get it back.
Stephen Recovered 2025-06-19T19:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Someone spotted it on Front Range Mountain Biking FB group. A member of Denver Stolen Bikes FB group saw the photo, and posted it there. They also checked Bike Index and found this post and reached out to me. Went to the pawn shop, and had the cops recover.
Joe Recovered 2025-06-19T16:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Recovered by the Edmonton Police Service!
VADYM Recovered 2025-06-18T21:00:00-0500 translated from English
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