Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

bike regularly locked to light pole in high pedestrian traffic area for 7-9 hours at a time between 9a-6p, allowing someone to plan the heist with minimal risk.

bike was stolen from within the locked apartment building hallway.

I broke the key in the lock after locking the bike. Being about 7pm, no locksmiths were open to take the lock off. I went home. Returned with the locksmith to the where the bike was locked the next day to find only the wheel. I locked the frame and wheel to the bike rack. Thief unscrewed the bike from the frame, and slid the bike from the lock and the the rack.

Bike stolen from our garage between 1:00 am and 10:00 am on Monday, 05/25. Probably used to transport the lawnmower the thief also stole.

I was briefly stopping by a friends house at 516 N. May St with my roomates. The 3 of us had left our bikes in a 8 foot tall fenced in porch, and had gone right inside the door off of the porch to have a conversation. With the windows open, and a dog running around, someone must have lifted the bike over the fence and gotten away with it without a noise. The 2 other bikes that were on the porch went un-touched. We searched the area, and called the police shortly after. Still no updates.

i just learned of this site, that's why the delay in posting. i realize i probably won't see the bike again. i'd ridden the bike from home to lincoln park zoo. locked it to a bike rack - and this is my mistake - thought i'd only be a minute and locked the front tire to the rack only (with a U-lock). ended up being gone longer than i orginally thought. came back and the front tire was still there and the bike was gone.

The bike had been in the same location for several days. I thought it was safe since it was locked through both wheels & the frame to the railing of my apartment complex in a lit area. Unfortunately the plastic coated cable obviously was easy enough to cut through.

I left the bike there locked over night. The manager Keith said that he broke the lock and left it in the dumpster area. Then it was gone. Either he has it or an employee has it

The bike was in the backyard, with both gates to the yard locked, though it was not chained to anything. Someone had to scale a six foot fence and lift the bike over that same fence to steal it. It also seems likely it was someone who lives in or knows the neighborhood (the Lakeview YMCA is just across the alley), because it is hard to see into the backyard from the alley, and most of the hours in which the bike could have been stolen were nighttime hours with little light. We know the bike was stolen between 7:30 PM on Sunday, 5.17.09, and 9:30 AM on Monday, 5.18.09. I currently have no job, and am just living week to week, so would love to get this bike back, though it seems like a longshot. Please help if you can...$100 cash reward for info leading to bike recovery.

Bike was most likely sold at Maxwell Street Market in South Loop. A witness claims to have seen the bike at Diversey/Halstead around noon the same day.

Went outside on Sunday afternoon and my baby was gone!

Bike was locked in front of Rush University while I my husband was visiting his mom at Rush. Came out to check on it a few times during the day, like he had done on previous days when he had locked it up to the same bike rack. There was even a security camera trained directly on the sidewalk where it was locked up which didn't deter the thieves. Three other bikes were stolen the same day, including one locked with a ulock. He had the bike seat so unless it's been replaced by the thief, it will be missing the original Schwinn seat. The worst part about it being stolen besides the loss of transportation is that my brother gave me the bike when he worked for Schwinn so it has sentimental value.

Garage in rear of house approximate 180 feet from sidewalk. Bikes cannot be seen from street when garage is open. This bike was taken. A less expensive bike in the same location was not stolen.

My beloved 1998 Specialized Stumpjumper M2 Pro (Shimano XTR/Deore XT components and an Answer Manitou SX fork) mountain bike was stolen out of my garage on Friday, May 8th sometime between 9 P.M. and 8 A.M. I would like nothing more than to get it back and I am offering a $50 reward for information leading to its safe return. It is orange with a red Manitou fork. It also had a gray saddle bag attached to the seat, a black rear rack which was used to mount my kid's bike seat and a Cateye computer mounted to right side of the handlebar. The serial number is 98854M03577. The attached web link references my exact bike. Please help. http://hydra.nac.uci.edu/~kchong/stumpjump.html

Someone just walked on in and stole my bike.

i'm not sure exactly how this was taken as i was away at the time. i really miss thyis bike and would gladly reward anyone who could help me find it.

i really love this bike and would gladly reward anyone with any info on it.

A friend borrowed my bike, rode it to the North Ave. Blue Line stop locked the bike there and took the Blue line. When she got back the bike was no longer there.

My bike was locked to itself with a U-lock in my locked apartment entryway, and was stolen on Friday night, May 8. I heard a party going on in the building that night, so a lot of people were in and out of the building. Saturday morning, the bike was gone.

After entering house through garage, the garage door was left open for a short time and bicycle was stolen from garage before the garage door was closed.