Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

The burglars entered Albany Park first floor apartment through a rear window off the back porch, having gotten into the locked back patio area, possibly by scaling the wooden fence between the apartment building and the neighbor's yard between 9:40 am and 5:30 pm on Friday, July 13. They took all electronics (3 laptops, 2 I-Pods and a Kobo e-reader), a maroon Golden Gloves title belt, some jewelry and two bicycles, including the one in this report and a 15" red Specialized Hardrock 21-speed mountain bike. They stole a gray Everlast gym bag to carry the stuff and appear to have left via the front door; front door to apartment was unlocked when I arrived home.

I locked my bike to two thick steel cables in the parking garage at 77 W Huron at approximately 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Jule 13. It was missing, along with the lock, at 7:45 a.m. On Sunday, July 15.

I left the bike in my locked garage before leaving for a weekend trip Friday evening. Upon returning around 10:30 Sunday morning, the garage door was open, the small window on the side of the garage was broke and the metal grate behind the window had been pushed in and was laying on the ground. Nothing else was taken or touched from the garage.

Bike was unlocked, but behind an 8 foot tall locked fence. Unfortunately bike was visible from alley. Bike was only left unattended for under 45 minutes.

Bike was U-locked in back cove of apartment, behind large gate, not in view from alley. Locked to wooden fire escape; they broke the wood off and slipped the ulock under it.

I ride my bike each day to the UIC Art & Architecture building where I am enrolled in a summer class. For the past week I have locked my bike at the same place, on a small bike rack (two humps) on the west facing side of the A+A building. My bike lines the sidewalk. The campus is very empty, and I see few people passing the building during the day along with students from the A+A building who are often outside and would react to anything suspicious. There was one other bike locked to the rack, much older and in poor condition. There was no sign of someone struggling to take my bike. The bike was taken between 1pm and 5pm, in broad daylight apart from a torrential downpour in the afternoon. I use a very strong lock, the Bordo folding, and I would imagine that someone would need to be equipped with the right tools to break the lock, but in broad daylight that would be difficult to do without being noticed.

I saw the my bike when I came home around 6pm Friday night. I wanted to go for a bike ride this (July 14) morning around 11am and the bike was gone along with the lock.

The bike was locked to a bike rack in front of an office building at 303 E. Wacker Dr. I saw the bike at approximately 2:10pm on Friday, July 13, 2012. However, upon leaving the building at approximately 4:30pm the bike and lock were gone. It was pouring raining rain for a portion of those 2hrs so I'm guessing the thief either transported the bike in another vehicle or took it within an hour of the rain stopping and me exiting the building to find it missing.

Bike was in a locked storage unit of our condo complex. Likely someone left the door open.

Someone left the garage door open probably.

Bike was stolen out of garage.

Like a tourist I left our bikes locked to the bike rack in front of the hotel. And bam! - these bike-stealing-motherfing-scumbags clipped the lock and took our brand new Electra beach cruiser and our old faithful GIANT mountain bike. We love Chicago - but this pisses us off. Lesson learned. Buyers of stolen bikes are no better than the goddam thieves. Stop the madness.

Ran into the bank and bike was gone.

Locked the bike up to a bike rack in the garage of my friend's building, went out for dinner and drinks and returned to find my bike had been stolen. I was unable to file a police report as the officer on the phone told me I am required to have the serial number of my bike.

Locked my bike on the corner of Brompton and Lakeshore at 1am, went out to get it at 2:30ish, bike, lock, and waterbottle were gone.

Left the bike locked to my front porch railing and it was gone after 3 hours.

The street sign was unbolted and both lock (newer u-lock w/flat key) and bike were taken. It was across the street from the address given.

My two bikes were stolen from our alley garage during the overnight hours. The garage door was left open by someone.

My two bikes were stolen from our alley garage during the overnight hours. The garage door was left open by someone.

I locked my bike to my girlfriend's bike in the parking lot of our apartment underneath a shaded area next to the fence. I left for a few days and when I came back the bike lock was cut and my bike was stolen. The thief left my girlfriend's bike and the broken lock which seemed to have been cut with cable cutters. Whoever stole the bike either had access to the garage door or climbed the fence, cut the lock and jumped back over the fence with the bike.