Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

I locked my bike up at 7:30 a.m. to go into work for 3 and 1/2 hours. When I came out to go home it was gone. Someone broke the lock and took the bike.

Someone stole it off the back porch, we are usually going up and down so I didn't think it needed locking, unfortunately it did!

I ran into Neo for a sec to see a friend play, popped out an hour later and it was gone. Totally heartbroken.

Stolen in high traffic area right in front of busy restaurant with all glass front and sidewalk cafe with customers 10 feet away

I locked it up under the Ashland Green Line stop. I believe that someone came by and cut the lock and rode away.

Using a cable, I locked the bike frame onto a vertical scaffolding pole, underneath a canopy, on a sidewalk, along a busy street, in front of a closed business. When I returned, the bike was gone. The scaffolding company said that likely one end of the pole was unscrewed from its horizontal support post, enabling the bike to be easily slipped off, along with its lock. I didn't know that scaffolding was this vulnerable to disassembly. It looks like the bolt that attaches the pole to the horizontal post could have been unscrewed without too much trouble--but I don't know for sure that it was. Also, since the bike was locked in front of a closed business, the thief had plenty of privacy. Remember: Never lock your bike onto scaffolding or onto ANY removable, disassemble-able object. I was careless, now I'm sad.

I had it locked to the no parking/tow away zone sign next to the train station, since they would not allow me to take the bycicle home on the Metra train. Since I knew I would be around late on Tuesday, and I was under the impression that the road usually had people coming/going, as well as both CPD, and Metra police patrolling the area, that the bike would be safe. Apparently the criminal(s) were able to remove the screw that held the sign to its base, and lift it out, in order to get the bycicle without needing to spend the time cutting the lock right there. There was a camera nearby, but to my chagrin the security guard of the building let me know that I had locked my bike in one of the few spots the camera did not capture.

Bike was locked outside home.

Bike was locked in front of my apartment the evening before (8/15) and missing when I woke up the next morning (8/16)

Left the bike locked with a four-digit number password lock right outside University Hall, around 10 a.m. Bike and lock both missing when I came back around 7 p.m.

At 12:00 on 8/17, I noticed my bike was missing and the railing was snapped where my bike was locked. I spoke with my neighbors, and one reported it was missing she came home at 10PM 8/16. I found the piece of railing in a local neighbor's yard, and they reported that it was not there yesterday 8/16.

My bicycle was just stolen (Aug 16, 2009) from the Barnes and Noble at 1414 W. Webster Ave in Chicago at about 8pm. It was locked to a bike rack directly in front of the store with a cable lock. (Usually I use two locks but I forgot my U-Lock.) It is a black Cannondale Bad Boy size Medium with front and rear lights. It also has a place on the frame just under the seat to attach a U-Lock. I purchased it for $750 in July of 2007. There are a few scratches on the frame but other than that it's in great shape.

Went into Harold Washington Library for 2 hours at 3:00 on Friday. There must have been lots of cars and people around. I guess it only takes a second to cut a cable. That bike was big and HEAVY, but fun to ride.

Left bike in front of parkhouse to use the bathroom at the end of the airshow. Came back out to a stolen bike

Returned from ride at approximately 3:35 pm. Walked bike to yard and the proceeded to enter house for garage key. Returned within 3 minutes and bike was gone. Locks on front and rear gates were in tact, thief had to have jumped fence and threw bike over fence, either rode away or escaped with bike in car.

Bike taken from locked Bike room at 900/910 Lakeshore Drive. Cameras monitor doors. Bike was not locked in rack, but room is locked and monitored by security.

stolen from in front of my apartment building. there is now an abandoned bike laying next to were my bike was locked up

Locked bike at 6pm. At 4.30am bike was gone as was the lock.

Bike was locked through the front tire, frame and seat to a bike rack outside an office building. Someone must have used a bolt cutter to cut the lock and remove the bike. They didn't leave anything behind. It must have been early in the day, b/c another bike was locked in the place where mine was.

I had the bike locked to an iron fence about 10 feet away from my living room window. I was inside side for about an hour. Came outside and my bike was gone. Found some plier grips in the grass by where my bike was locked. I used one of those stupid cheap kryptonite cable locks. I use to use it when I was only locking my bike up for a short time. Lesson learned.