$32M+
Total recovery value
Since
2013
1804+
Trusted organizations
The bike registry that works.
Stolen Bikes
WE’VE HELPED RECOVER:
Jordan, Palo Alto
Bike recovered on 2026.1.1
"Someone bought the bike. Used ChatGPT to ask how to identify a stolen bike after realzing the massive discount they got on the bike. The person then contacted me to give the bike back! Thank you Bike In…
$32M+
Total recovery value
Since
2013
1804+
Trusted organizations
The bike registry that works.
Stolen Bikes
WE’VE HELPED RECOVER:
Jordan, Palo Alto
Bike recovered on 2026.1.1
"Someone bought the bike. Used ChatGPT to ask how to identify a stolen bike after realzing the massive discount they got on the bike. The person then contacted me to give the bike back! Thank you Bike Index!!!"
Hollands, Coronado
Bike recovered on 2025.12.23
"Someone saw the listing on Bike Index and called us, they said the bike was strapped to the bed of his truck when he picked his truck from impound lot. He saw the listing on Bike Index and called us. He later called us and dropped it back off to us."
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!"
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