Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

The bike was locked to a bike rack on the campus of the University of Chicago in front of the KCBD building, a site of frequent thefts. The lock was apparently cut or smashed on the numbers portion of the combination cable.

Two bikes were locked using a U lock in the alley behind 1969 N Halsted APT 3. For familiarity purposes, I live above a restaurant named Taco Joint on North Halsted and between that street and the next there is an ally for parking and residential entrances. I locked both bikes up on a post on Saturday night behind my apartment in the ally. One was my roommates a turquoise Mongoose bike, an another was mine an antique Nishiki brand single speed bicycle that was a cream tan color. The bike was an heirloom from my father. I went outside this afternoon to move the bikes and they were both completely gone. There was no sign of them anywhere. I asked the restaurant and they had not seen the bikes either.

Bike was on the side of my house in between 2 gates which are normally locked but could have been left unlocked. Stolen between midnight and 9am. Two of my neighbors bikes which were locked to the window of the house were vandalized as though the thief tried his damndest to steal them as well.

I was finishing up work at 5am, having had worked a 12+ hour day at the Ruthpage Center for the Arts at 1016 N Dearborn. I was in the lobby of the theatre when I heard a grinder outside. Thought at first it could be road work, but it seemed too early, and then realized my bike was outside. Ran out front door, saw a guy grinding off my lock with a battery powered grinder. He had removed my front wheel, which was still locked to the frame and bike rack. I yelled at him, told him I was calling the police, and he said, "Go ahead." I stood in the doorway and watched him grind out a chuck of the lock, put my wheel back on and ride off down an alley. My boss hopped in her car and went after him, but she never saw him after he had left. There was a guy in a silver Honda CRV driving by, looked like he was waiting for the guy to finish. http://i.imgur.com/7wn1K.jpg $80 lock defeated in 5 minutes.

The bikes were locked in a basement room, that was only accessible through 2 locked doors. The back door was forced open, and the bikes were singled out from a couple of other bikes (some not even locked) in the same room. Therefore it was probably a planned burglary or informed theft.

The bikes were locked in a basement room, that was only accessible through 2 locked doors. The back door was forced open, and the bikes were singled out from a couple of other bikes (some not even locked) in the same room. Therefore it was probably a planned burglary or informed theft.

I just got home and forgot to lock the bike which I usually do, but I was tired and probably got too complacent that I didn't. I took a nap at maybe around 12:30pm and when I woke up at 3:30pm the bike was gone. We live in an apartment complex that is not that big, it is gated although you can get in without buzzing in. We are on the 3rd floor and we don't have an elevator so I was thinking that whoever took the bike must have knew someone who lives here or just happened to see the bike on our porch and decided to take it which I doubt because if you are just walking around the neighborhood you will never notice or see my bike on the porch unless you enter the gate of our apartment complex. I asked our neighbor if she saw anything unusual and she said she saw 2 teenagers hanging around the first floor, 1 with a bike and 1 without, that's all she can tell me.

The bike was locked to a wooden fence on the second floor of 809 W. Bradley, just off of Halsted, in the rear of the building. The back parking lot has a gate-secured entry, which can apparently be easily bypassed. The thief took apart the section of the fence/railing to remove the bike; until he manages to cut off the lock, it will still be attached to the bike (ABUS security chain with keyed access). The roommate of the friend who lives there tells me it was still there when he got home at about noon today, and it was gone at 4:00 pm. I do not have a photo of this bike, but it appears essentially the exact same as stock photos (plus the add-ons I described).

Bike was forgotten next to car. When I remembered and went back, it was gone.

Someone broke into my garage, and broke the industrial shelving system that the bike was attached to.

The bike was locked on the left side of Lincoln Park Botanical Conservatory during sunny Saturday, September 29th, 2012. It was locked with another bike which has much lesser value. Two hours later we found a hanging lock and only one bike, missing the most expensive one. We filed a police report on the scene.

Bike was left locked to a bike rack over night out side of the Western Blue line station (Western and Milwaukee). Some time with in 24 hours it was stolen. I came to retrieve the bike and it was gone, lock included. The bike was locked with a cable cross wire around the frame, rear wheel and the rack, locked by a U-Lock (don't remember the brand) that was around the front wheel, frame, and rack. Checked and double checked everything.

Everyday I leave my bike next to our garage at the end of the driveway, I ride to and from the train station and leave at 6am. I usually use a combination lock to lock it to the chain link fence but have stopped doing that for the past couple of weeks. When I went outside this morning the bike was not there. It must have been stolen between 11pm and 6am. No signs of the thief were left at the scene.

I locked my bike to the rack at 9:20am at Michigan Ave and Monroe St. When I got out of my office, I did not find the bicycle where I had locked it.

Bike stolen in daytime near busy greenline L stop in bucolic Oak Park amid many other bikes. This is a large bike with clip less pedals, so someone else probably would look a little awkward riding it unless it's a 6' 5" thief. Apparently another bike theft was attempted but they "only" we're able to steal the wheels.. Same day same rack.

I believe the cable was cut and then taken along with the bike.