Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

The bike lock was cut and the bike was stolen from a locked, gated parking lot. I believe it was lifted over the 8 ft. metal gate. It is very difficult to see the bike from the alley, but the yard it was taken from is next to an alley. The picture shows a yellow basket by the yellow basket liner was not in the basket.

i don't know exactly my bike was stolen, it was the most horrible experience it has happened to me as loosing an item, this was my first expensive transportation vehicle i had made and i bought it myself for one of my birthdays in 2010.

I was working and a friend was waiting for me at a nearby restaurant. He came back to sit in front of my store and noticed a guy standing by our bicycles. After the guy left (Approx 12:10) he went to check to make sure both bikes were locked. After confirming both bikes were locked, he started to work on his laptop; at one point, about 5 minutes later, he noticed the same guy walking close to the bikes but he continued on. At 12:20 he stopped working for a second and looked and noticed my bike was missing but his was still there. The incident was captured on a surveillance camera, however we are waiting for the security director of the building to access the footage.

I asked a friend to watch my bike while I went inside. They left without telling me and by the time I came out, it was gone.

bike was taken from inside the garage. it appears someone forced the garage opened and took the bike since the garage door was damaged at the base.

Showed up for work at 7:30 am. Where I was leaving at 5:45pm, the bike was gone.

The bike was stolen during the day from an unlocked ground-floor storage room at the back of an apartment building.

Bike was stolen from gate locked back porch. It was there at 11:30pm on the night of 7/19 and was missing 12pm on 7/20

The post that I used to lock the frame of my bike to is a large 8"x8" wood patio post that is cemented into the ground. I used my U-lock to lock between the front tire and the frame of the bike, and used a cable with padlock to lock the frame of the bike to the large post. In public locations, I would use the locks in the opposite application (i.e. U-lock frame to something secure) but the post was too large and this was in a discrete location in the back of my home, not visible from the street. I assume the thief cut the cable (and took it with him/her) and then took the entire bike with the U-lock to go break the U-lock off-site.

The theft happened between 8:15am when I left for work and 4pm when my neighbor got home. The theft happened at the same time my upstairs neighbors' apartment was broken into.

Bike was locked to exterior wrought iron fence in front of my apartment. Last seen at 11 pm. A speed saw cut through the u-lock, which was dropped at the scene. Had locked bike on exterior of fence in the location two days in a row after commuting from work.

Bike was stolen during a break in to my apartment.

Garage door left open by mistake.

Bike was hanging from hooks in garage.

I'm not sure when exactly it happened, but it was between 9 pm and this morning at 9 am. My building has a designated bike room and I typically keep the bike in the same convenient spot at the end so when I got home, I placed it there. I don't usually lock it as there aren't many active cyclists in the building. When I went in to get my bike to ride to work, it was gone. I suspect either another tenant from the building took it, tipped someone off or forgot to close the rear door completely and someone else came in and grabbed it. I know...it should have been locked. My building is fairly small and safe, so I guess I assumed too much.

Thieves gained access to unlocked side garage door by pushing alley gate open. Was stolen along with a silver Specialized Crossroads.

Thieves gained access to unlocked side garage door by pushing alley gate open. This bike was stolen along with a Brown Schwinn Gateway cruiser, with rear folding baskets.

Bike was locked to another bike which was locked to a metal gate in the courtyard of my girlfriend's residential apartment building. The courtyard has high walls and is locked to outsiders, meaning the bike was likely stolen by a resident of the building. The thief removed the wheel of the bike it was locked to. Hence they took the wheel, my bike and my kryptonite lock.

Bicycle taken right from under me while playing volleyball at North Ave Beach