Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

i live in a small apartment complex in Logan Square. my bike was locked to itself in the back courtyard, under the fire escape with the rest of the bicycles owned by tenants of the building. the area is locked and the gate is very hard to climb. however, i discovered after that the lock on the gate is broken. 2 other bikes have been taken as well.

I have locked the bike to this same signpost a dozen times without a problem. It's a sturdy, bolted-down post that showed no signs of having been tampered with. I'm guessing the U-Lock and cable was cut. There was nothing left behind at the scene. It is a residential area, directly in front of my friend's condo. We were 30 feet away, tops. There's a lot of traffic there as well. It must have been quick and clean.

Locked up at 10:00am outside of a class room at UIC, and was gone by 12:30.

The bike was locked to a tree on the sidewalk right outside the main entrance to The Gap at Broadway and Belmont.

Bike locked to metal fence outside restaurant along with 3 other bikes while we ate breakfast. Only mine was gone when we came out. Meanwhile hundreds of commuters were passing by, exiting Union Station. Nobody noticed.

I have no idea how the bike was stolen. It was locked to a street sign outside a large commercial building in downtown Chicago. The bike is very unique and recognizable. There are also specific updates that make it one of a kind.

Bike was propped against backyard fence in the driveway beside my house. Believed to still be in nearby area.

My daughter and I rode the tandem to the Lincoln Park Zoo at 11am on Oct 23rd. We locked it and our helmets to a chain fence near the bike rack on the East side with a padlock and steel cable. Two hours later we returned and everything was gone. It appeared the thief pulled the fence post out of the ground and was able to slip off the cable. I had forgotten to slide the cable through one of the wheels, and with the zoo so close to the lakefront path and the extensive park, I assume the thief just rode away. This is a very unique design, only two other people have a bike like this registered in the Chicagoland area.

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I was attending a conference at the Palmer House hotel yesterday. I left to get a drink on Michican Ave. with some fellow conference attendees around 10PM; on the way out of the hotel I looked across the street at the bike, and it was still there along with 3-4 other bikes locked on the same corner. We returned about 11:30, at which time my bike was gone -- as were all the other bikes that had been locked there.

I am a teacher and I locked my bike up before class began and noticed @ 11:30 that it was gone.

See related theft report for other bike #191956 2 Scott Aspects (this is my wife's bike, my Aspect 30 was also stolen in the same incident) bikes were chained with 2 combination cable locks to both the parking sign and each other in front of the Fox and Obel near the entrance on Illinois. The parking sign was welded and affixed to the base. Bikes were chained through front wheels, frame, and around pole to other bikes back tire. There were two bke racks- one on each side of the sign with older bikes already locked on them. While in the market (after 20 minutes) I looked out the window and saw several people standing by the bikes- I initially thought they were locking their bikes up, but decided to check on ours- by the time I walked back through the market and out the bistro door, both bikes were gone. The cable locks weren't very thick, I assume they were cut, but don't know as they were taken with the bikes. One of the guys I saw was wearing a hoody and a jean jacket. The other older bikes chained to the rack were still there. There is a park across the street, pretty sure someone was there scoping out the rack. This happened lightening fast on a moderately busy street / business area in front of a business in a nicer part of the city. Gotta believe this rack is cased out - as I see I'm not the first to have a bike poached here. Would love to set up a sting. Attached picture of us on the bikes was taken less than an hour before the theft... Aaaaah!

Pretty textbook - I locked my bike up through both wheels and the frame to a city bike rack at about midnight. Came out the next morning, bike was gone. I found part of the lock.

y bike was in my back yard for 3 hours and disappeared. It's a pretty noticiable bike

My bike was in my garage. No signs of forced entry into the garage or backyard gate. The bike was gone and my helmet was left laying on the floor of the garage. I think someone jumped over the fence, scoped out the garage, took the bike out through the garage door and shut if behind them.

I left my bike in an enclosed locked back yard, not visible from the alley or street for about 45 minutes. Ran upstairs to grab some things and change, came back downstairs to heartbreak and panic. Either someone followed me in, or someone was cutting through the yard. Sad panda.

Left my bike locked in front of the DePaul Student Center. Came back an hour later and it was gone.

Someone took this bike and my roommates bike which were both hidden from view inside a locked apartment gate.

Photo is not great but only one I have, it's the one on the right with the green bell. We went to Whole Foods to buy a few groceries, locked our two bikes together through both wheels and frames to the bike rack at the front of the store in the parking lot bike racks along with 50 other bikes; when we came out 45 minutes later it was gone. They cut right through the cable lock and left my man's bike lying there and mine was gone. Heartbreaking. My bike store Bicycle Heaven told me by now it's long gone, probably sold three times or more within the first two days...

I deliver at the Jimmy John's in Wicker Park. I took a delivery on foot because it was so close and when I returned my bike was gone. I'm sure that it was taken through the back door because this door was ajar when I found the bike gone. Because it was take through the back, I'm led to believe that the thief was somewhat familiar with the store. Also, had it been taken through the front door, my coworkers would have seen it happen. My boss made a point to mention that he didn't remember any customers enter the store after I had taken that delivery on foot which means that it was most likely stolen by a customer who was already in the store when I left. Tomorrow I will be able to see the surveillance tapes of it happening and it seems pretty likely that I could recognize the thief as a costomer if nothing else..