Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

My bike was secured to my roof rack, i pulled in to a fast food restaurant and ran in, i ordered and kept glancing at the bike from the window inside, and went to wait in line. I came out and it was gone. Some people on the street said they saw the bike get taken, and have seen the person take bikes before. One of the witnesses suggested I offer them money to help me find them, at that point i stopped talking to them. Drove around the area for a bit, and saw nothing of my bike.

I think that a teenager walked up my back porch steps and took both my bike and my neighbor's bike. His was a new Red Schwinn and mine was an old white/silver Mongoose women's bike. Around 5:45, what I perceived to be a Latino teenager with shoulder-length hair walked up my porch steps and when he saw me he said he was looking for a friend. He said his phone was dead, then left. A couple hours later, I went out on the porch and the bikes were gone.

Within the past 24 hours someone used a large piece of wood to twist the lock until it broke. The took the bike and threw the detachable basket nearby on the sidewalk.

My bike was locked to a bike rack inside a laundry area, since either Thursday Sept. 12 or Friday Sept. 13 at a Roger's Park apartment building. Only the front wheel was locked with a cable (with integrated key lock) to the rack, which was secured in this manner several times before. When I went downstairs to retrieve the bike at 7 a.m. on Sept. 17, I found my front wheel still locked to the rack, but the bike frame and bike wheel were missing. If the frame was locked with the front wheel, it might have been more difficult for the robber. Only a person in possession of a key to the area could have gotten in, though it may also be someone who does not live there. There is a surveillance camera that may be checked in the meantime.

Bike was parked outside of a gym, next to a variety of other bikes. Person must have cut the cable out and taken the bike along. There were plenty of other bikes parked at the spot wher mine was at.

I locked my bike to the bike rack on the side of Sulzer Regional Library on North Lincoln. Went inside. When I returned, the bike was gone. Security guard in library noted, upon my report to her, that several other bikes had been stolen.

Bike was locked up at a rack next to Cafe Brauer at the Lincoln Park zoo. Me and my boyfriend had both of our bikes locked using the same cable lock right next to eachother and the criminal cut the wire, took mine, and left his.

Stolen during dinner at Scoozi

When I left my apartment my bike was fine and locked to the iron fence outside my apartment building. There is also a chain link fence enclosing my building and my yard, but my bike was locked to the iron fence which separates my yard to my neighbors on the left if you're facing the building. The rear wheel and frame were U-locked to the iron fence and a cable was through the front wheel. I probably left between 5-6 pm and when I returned between 10-11 pm the fence had been broken and my bike and lock were gone. My roommate has a Schwinn bike and it was parked behind mine, but untouched. The iron pole was literally broken in two.

It was stolen from a locked gated area behind my condo building on logan square between 1:30 and 5:30pm on Friday August 30th. There were movers moving my neighbor out but they said they didn't leave the gate open and she was with them the whole time.

Our garage door was accidentally left open for 20 minutes. A neighbor saw a man walking down the alley go into our garage and take the bike and circular saw and ride away.

Left the Lakeview YMCA at 8:30 pm and my bike was gone. I had been chained to my friend's bike and his was still there with the locks snipped around his bike. There is video footage of the bike being stolen around 8. Had the seat with me so walked off with my bike and no seat.

My roommate came home and realized the gate was wide open and also the front door. Someone had gotten into our basement and taken my bike that was tucked under the basement stairs.

Person or persons jumped the fence and entered the garage, opened the garage door and took bike and tools.

Everyone locks their bikes to our wrought iron fence outside of our condo building - I walked outside this morning to see that the fence had been cut, and the bike was gone. I'm assuming they cut the fence and just raised the lock right through the broken part. There were no other bikes stolen that I could see (I have another bike out there with a U-Lock, and it was still there). I think it was probably chosen because of the bright yellow color, it's very unique.

Sometime between 10pm and 7am someone opened the locked front gate to our yard. They walked into our backyard and got into the garage. We suspect they lifted the party door to the garage. Two bikes were taken out the garage. They also ripped open a package of Sprite and drank one leaving the can behind. The other bike taken was a Peacock Blue women's Townie 21D. There were also footprints left behind on our deck because of the rain/mud last night that appear to be youth sized Jordans.

Sometime between 9:30pm and 7am this morning someone opened our locked front gate, went into the backyard and broke into our garage. We think they lifted the party door on the interior of the garage. They removed two bikes, ripped open a case of Sprite and drank one leaving the can behind. They also left footprints behind on the deck of the garage that appear to be teenage sized Air Jordans. The other bike stolen was my husband's matte black Electra Townie 21D