• Tyler, Seattle
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.20
  "An awesome person here in Seattle spotted my bike under a bridge near the waterfront and contacted me, there maybe 7-8 tents and nobody was around and my bike was just sitting in the middle so I just walked in and grabbed it."
• Scott, Seattle
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.20
  "A cool, rad dude was walking and noticed the bike unlocked with some other junker bikes. My didn't appear to fit in with the others and he looked it up on the Bike Index and saw it was stolen. He brought it home and we met up for the exchange."
• Daniel, Cherry Hill
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.18
  "Some local SE bike riders recovered it from the thief and found me through Bike Index!"
• Greg, Edmonton
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.16
  "Was brought into a non-profit bike organization (bike Edmonton ) , they ran the Serial number and called me, thank you Bike Index!"
• Mark, Edmonton
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.16
  "I got a call from EPS Constable McKinnon with the good news."
• Jodi, Portland
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.14
  "The county sheriff had a search warrent on an unrelated charge and raided a house. In their search they found my bike, ran the serial number and contacted me! They gave it back to me, it's still in good shape but needed a little bit of TLC from the bike shop."
• james, Edmonton
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.10
  "The RCMP recovered my bike in the back of a truck that was also stolen. The officers scanned the QR code and contacted me."
• Craig, Calgary
  Bike recovered on 2026.4.4
  "Returned through the Calgary City Police - rider was involved in an infraction of some sorts and the CPS checked the bike serial number. They tracked me down right away through Bike Index!!"
• Ruth, Portland
  Bike recovered on 2026.3.28
  "A person found it in a tree behind some nearby neighborhood stores. We wish we had registered the serial number sooner, but are grateful Bike Index exists."
• Macarena, Oklahoma
  Bike recovered on 2026.3.21
  "Good Samaritan reached out through Bike Index!"

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Total Bikes Registered 1,714,770

Stolen Bikes Registered 171,941

Stolen Bikes Recovered 17,427

Total Recovery value $36,669,887

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