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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A Local savior had seen my report of my bike being stolen and reached out to me when he located it close to his house and recovered it for me
Jeremy Recovered 2025-05-22T01:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Calgary Police that ride bikes around the city discovered it with some unfortunate circumstance people and they looked it up then returned it to me.
Sean Recovered 2025-05-18T05:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Somebody messaged me on Bike Index and saying they saw my bike. I was able to go to the location, grab my bike back, and get the thief arrested!
Evan Recovered 2025-05-15T23:00:00-0500 translated from English
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After submitting my police report I got a call from Calgary Police Services that my bike had been recovered. It was turned in to the Police as "Lost and Found". Surprisingly very little damage, thanks Bike Index!
Kara Recovered 2025-05-14T18:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Edmonton Police Service recovered it.
Aidan Recovered 2025-05-14T17:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Seattle Police recovered the bike and found my information on Bike Index. They were able to contact me and stayed with the bike till I got there to pick it up!
Taylor Recovered 2025-05-14T15:00:00-0500 translated from English
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An amazing Calgary transit officer and his team found it and used Bike Index to contact us!
Vik Recovered 2025-05-12T04:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Police found the bike and our information from Bike Index!
Scott Recovered 2025-05-11T02:00:00-0500 translated from English
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Calgary Police found bike in lobby of bank while investigating trespassing call and were able to search serial number and find it on Bike Index.
brian Recovered 2025-05-10T21:00:00-0500 translated from English
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