• Dylan, Edmonton
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.16
  "Tre police found it a few blocks away from its taken location with a group of people loitering. They then ran the serial and called me and returned my bike back to me immediately. They handcuffed it to the grill of their car and drove it to my house. They were awsome!"
• Ishaan, Seattle
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.15
  "A woman from bike index, helped recover this bike for me. She found a person trying to sell this bike on facebook marketplace and coordinated the recovery."
• E, Happy Valley
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.11
  "Miraculously recovered by awesome nonprofit community at Yoga on Yamhill, despite not even having a serial number! Thank you Bike Index!"
• Ben, Portland
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.10
  "Someone spotted it and reported it to Bike Portland. Bike Portland posted the photo to social media and an employee at Splendid Cycles, where I bought it, called me about the post. I notified the police who recovered it."
• Debbie, Burlington
  Bike Trailer recovered on 2025.12.9
  "A friend noticed a Thule Chariot sitting in the snow in front of the Burlington Bagel Cafe on North Avenue and mentioned it. I went to check it out and confirmed it was ours and recovered it!"
• Rebecca, Seattle
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.8
  "A Good Samaritan found it at the PCC and saw it was stolen on bike index. They took it home for safe keeping and called us to retrieve!!"
• Karen, Seattle
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.7
  "Police recovered it. They found me through Bike Index!"
• Scott, Edmonton
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.6
  "I was alerted by a fellow cyclist who saw the bike listed on Facebook marketplace and confirmed it was stolen via bike index!"
• Nshuti, Edmonton
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.5
  "Edmonton Police found the bike!"
• Joey, Boulder
  Bike recovered on 2025.12.1
  "Police Officer witnessed person on bicycle riding away on bicycle while holding my bicycle in tow. My bicycle was dropped during police pursuit and entered into evidence. The officer reached out via Bike Index alerting me bicycle had been recovered."

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Total Bikes Registered 1,648,159

Stolen Bikes Registered 168,263

Stolen Bikes Recovered 17,069

Total Recovery value $32,493,915

Partner Organizations 1,804