Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Stolen bike outside an apartment in Old Town, it happened during the World Cup game, rained a bit, so either someone had an opportunity to cut through / pick my lock while I was inside, or I just didn't lock it correctly and someone rode away with a free bike. I just found this site and wanted to add my claim to the postings.

the bike was left locked in front of the house overnight, in the morning it was missing. this is my 2nd bike that was stolen in the last 4 days. First my "Sanwa" was stolen from this safe location (I always assumed, and had no problems in the past). So I bought this bike as a replacement and in 4 nights it was gone too. I know, stupid me for dismissing the first theft. this time I was using a cable with integrated key lock, not a cable combination lock like last time... picture is not of my actual bike, my bike looks same except it has more stickers on the frame and brake cables are black, not white.

Stolen while at zoo with wife and son. They left the child seat and my wife's bike. This happened during the middle of the day on a busy Sunday.

I have 2 bikes stolen in 4 days. This is the first one. The bike was locked in front of my house, exactly how I've been locking it for quite some time since I moved there (no bad incidents in the past). The morning after it was missing. PICTURE: I did not have a good picture of my bike, so I found one online, my bike looks same, but has purple grip-tape handles and a slightly worn seat.

I arrived at this location around 6:45 on Sunday (09-12-10). I was at my friends' place in a high rise, so I wasn't able to view the bike, but I have visited them and locked my bike up there many times before. I left around 10:30 to bike home and my bike was gone. At first I thought I forgot where I parked it, but I very clearly remember where I parked it, as for some reason I had a funny feeling before I left it and I double checked to make sure I had locked it correctly. The bike lock was gone and I didn't see it anywhere in the vicinity so I assume someone either cut it and took it with them or was able to remove the lock and the bike from the bike rack (maybe its a fake rack or for some reason can be lifted from the cement. I have no real idea how it happened.

I locked my bike and my son's bike to the rack in front of the Davis Theater prior to a 7:00 pm movie - just 2 feet from an outdoor table at La Bocca della Verita Restaurant. When we got out of the movie at 9:00 pm, my bike was gone. The lock had been cut. Fortunately, they did not take my son's BMX bike.

The bike was leaning against a tree by the side door of the apartment bldg. The area is the side patio of the apartment bldg, which is fenced in. I was on the phone when I was outside and went inside not remembering that I had not locked up the bike. I remembered when I woke up in the morning and ran outside to find that the bike had been stolen.

Stolen from within our eyesight

Bike was locked to the bike rail below Castaways Bar at North Avenue Beach.

I am so sad. :( It was so brand new it wasn't even paid for all the way yet.

came to my back door to see if roommate needed help coming in...saw bike missing, looked down below, hispanic male in 20's red sweatshirt, backpack riding off with my bike. down the alley between ashland and bosworth just north of albion. ran to get my phone and then down after him, called 911, went back in house to get car keys and follow but...lost im. bummer. i loved that bike. i am stunned. (i do usually lock it up! what an idiot i was today!)

Neighbors saw an individual (possibly a woman) enter our backyard through an unlocked gate (which will never be left unlocked again!) Description was of a heavy-set person, average height, wearing a grey sweatshirt and having short, dark, curly hair in a "mullet" style haircut.

We (6 adults and 3 children) went into Lincoln Park Zoo at the Cannon St. entrance about 11 AM. Locked 6 bikes altogether. When we came back at 2:30 this Trek bike was gone along with a Cannondale bike belonging to my son who is filing a separate report. The other four bikes were not taken.

The bike was locked up with a U-lock in front of 540 West Melrose this weekend, and it's a red "Merida" brand road bike. There won't be too many like this in Chicago. The lock is gone, the bike is gone, and the post where it was locked is unharmed. Someone probably made off with it in the middle of the night.

While out of town this weekend, it appears that someone picked the lock to the front of my condo building, entered the hallway where the bike was located and left with the bike thereafter. No neighbors can recall seeing the bike over the weekend and the last I saw the bike was Thursday night around 11pm.

Sometime during the night, someone cut through my Kryptonite lock and stole my bike. I had another smaller u-lock attached to the back wheel and frame, but that was nowhere to be found so, they had to have put it in a car (most likely) or carried it away.

Bike was on rack in a shared garage facing an alley. Workmen were in and out of garage on another unit, and must have left garage unattended, however briefly. Only the Bianchi was stolen. A low-end Trek next to it; a kid's Schwinn, and an adult tricycle w/basket were not taken. Nor was anything else (pump, etc.). No forced entry into garage. Could have happened any time between when I left the garage on Tuesday, 7 Sep. and when I checked the garage this afternoon.

Got it off of a scrapper who seemed like he genuinely found it (not surprising with stories of drunks not knowing where they left their bike). Tell me some distinguishing features such as the brand of saddle, color of grips and the pedal set up to show me it's yours and you can have it back.

I locked it to the tree outside the apartment, and left it there for only a few hours. It was still daylight when I noticed that it was stolen -the lock and everything was gone. I reported it to the police. When I was locking it with the cable, I did notice a woman in a white car watching me do so. I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it. Thanks for any tips you can provide.

My bike was locked up to a rack on the North side of the train station, along with other bikes, but when I came back it was stolen and no other bikes appeared to be touched.