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
- $39M+
- partner shops, police departments, and cities
- 1,800+
In their own words
Every story here is shared by the person who got their bike back.
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Thief brought it into a bike shop, they looked it up on Bike Index and contacted me.
Charles Recovered 2025-06-17T03:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Edmonton Police Service Constable found it leaning against a wall during his regular beat walk in downtown Edmonton. He checked the QR code and it came up as stolen. Called me directly to let me know.
Colleen Recovered 2025-06-16T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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I got notified via several people on Bikeindex that the bike had just been listed for sale on FB Marketplace. I could immediately confirm it was my bike. Having help baiting the seller, the Marysville PD took over and recovered the bike and arrested the seller.
Hans Recovered 2025-06-15T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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It was sold to a pawn shop for 50$. The pawn shop found the serial number on bike index and turned it in to the police.
Andrea Recovered 2025-06-14T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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An amazing individual named Tracy was able to help us recover our bike! Thank you Tracy!!
Jonathan Recovered 2025-06-13T06:00:00-0500 translated from English
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My bike was received at Cash Canada Pawn shop, who immediately looked up the serial number on Bike Index and returned it!
Natalie Recovered 2025-06-13T00:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The Bike Index community kept me up to date on the bike being posted online. It was remarkable how helpful others were. About 7 months after the theft, it was being sold online and a Bike Index user let me know. With the assistance of the MPDC, I was able to recover it!
Catalina Recovered 2025-06-12T14:00:00-0500 translated from English
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The wonderful officer of the Calgary Transit Police had a keen eye and saw a bike where it shouldn't be. She ran the serial number through the Bike Index and saw it was reported stolen and had all my information to contact me. It was recovered within 48 hrs.
Yi-Ning Recovered 2025-06-11T19:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Edmonton police found the bike then found the listing on Bike index! Thank you for helping me reunite with my bike!
Jason Recovered 2025-06-09T03:00:00-0500 translated from English
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