[On 8/19/24, victim reported that the bike had been recovered: "I was able to recover my bike today at the park it was stolen from. I ended up putting my bike description and contact information on Bike Index, Garage 529 & the Chicago Stolen Bike registry the moment it went missing and I feel like that was a good start to recovering the bike. Great services all around! I ended up searching at a local bike shop that was notorious for reselling stolen bikes near the park where my bike was stolen and had zero luck. I thought maybe it wouldn’t hurt to walk around the park and funny enough-- it was there with two teenagers on their phones. Was able to get an accurate description of the guys and verify it was really my bike by walking by them with my phone in my hand to record inconspicuously. The police were then notified and were able to apprehend them and get my bike back with just the lights missing, the handle grips swapped out & a different cupholder installed. Hope this information helps, once again thank you for having this site up for people to begin the process of recovering their bikes!!"] Fished for largemouth bass at the River Park dam spillway and left my bike underneath the bridge between the main park/soccer field & the North Park Holmgren Athletic Complex baseball field. I was fishing the point where the water spills over for about an hour and a half, and when I returned to my bike it was gone. I had stowed my bike in the gated area underneath the bridge. The bike is an XL 2020 Gray Specialized hybrid bicycle with mechanical disc brakes, adjustable front shocks, front and rear Cat Eye lights & a kick stand.

Bike was stolen from Ravenswood METRA station. [On 8/25/2025 we received an email from someone who found the bike. We put them in touch with the victim. We now have received separate emails from both the victim and finder, that the victim is gifting the recovered bike to the finder, who originally contacted us. We consider this case closed, in a less than ideal outcome.]

On May 22, the owner wrote: I wanted to let you know my scooter was recovered. I tracked it using my airtag and the police walked with me to Wrigleyville where it was just left next to some trashcans in an alleyway. Very strange, but glad to have it back and in good shape. ===Original Description:=== I locked my scooter on the sidewalk attached to a pole in front of the Accenture Tower on 500 W. Madison St, close to the entrance. around 4:00pm. When I came outside to get it around 7:00pm it was gone, but the bike lock was left on the sidewalk and you can see it was cut through with bolt cutters. I have an airtag hidden under the scooter and see it's latest location is at 3554 N Sheffield Ave. Chicago, IL 606657 at 7:23pm. I am happy to keep you updated on it's location if needed. I can also make it play a sound. Please call me at [Removed by admin post recovery]

[On 1/21/24 the victim reported that someone had found and returned the bike: "Not sure my story is very unique or exciting, but I will say I’m shocked and very happy that everything worked out.  I had basically accepted that my bike was gone and I was going to need another one. Someone saw my bike in an alleyway and felt like it was out of place.  They took it into their apartment and had heard of the stolen bike registry.  They found my listing, reached out to me, and I picked it up. Thank you so much for hosting this site and reconnecting people with their bikes.  I truly appreciate it!"] Someone broke into my apartment's storage room and stole the bike.