Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Not sure how it happened - was literally gone by 8am and got in at 4am.

Our 4 bikes were locked together to this bike rack along the lakefront trail just across the beach, with many other bikes. We were on the beach, a few yards away only. Very crowded Sunday afternoon ... Only when I unlocked the lock I realized that the cable had been cut clean and one of the bike (the nicest one) had been taken. Obviously there have no fear, this happened right in front of everybody, with heavy bike traffic on the trail.

Behind dog park fence, the bike was leaning on the fence. I had my back to the back when a girl came up to me and asked me if I was selling drugs, I replied no and proceeded to jokingly pull out my empty pockets. In the meantime, someone quietly took the bike while I was distracted talking to the girl. The girl was african american with red/black hair. Her hair had red on her banks with at least an inch of red on her hair coming from the banks upward.

Black 26" Schwinn bicycle stolen from cta bike rack. Lock and cable were missing as well.

LOCK CUT STOLE BIKE BUT DESTROYED LOCK

Bike was locked to bike rack at Homewood Metra station, lighted area, Harwood & Ridge Road. According to the Homewood police, six bikes were stolen that day. At least three cable locks were on the ground or in the bushes. My black metal basket was thrown in the bushes.

Someone came up to my back porch on the third floor and broke the wooden beam that my bike was attached to.

I went in to go see a movie and when I came out my bike was gone! I don't understand how no one tried to stop the thief as there must have been dozens of people walking by while the person was stealing my bike.

We think our garage door malfunctioned at some point and someone was able to sneak in and take it. It was not locked to anything within the garage. We noticed it missing yesterday, and believe this happened during the day of 7/26 or during the afternoon of 7/27. Also stolen was an Amstel Light neon sign.

The bike was left in a communal laundry/storage room, in the rear of a locked/gated apartment yard. Left the bike on 7/25, and discovered it missing from the premises on 7/28.

It was taken from my garage.

Took some of my family to the zoo to show them a good time in Chicago. We locked our bikes to the bike racks at the Cannon Dr entrance to the zoo. Went in the zoo for a few hours, came back out and my cousins bike was gone. The cable lock was still there minus a bike. The cable has=d one clean cut.

like that pic but black seat, and it was lower like for a girl. someone had a huge hammer or an iron cutter to cut through the gate/fence. I recall seeing a tall white guy with blonde hair acting weird at one point when I was outside by the bike. happened between 2am-9am Friday july 27th. I ride my bike a lot, but rarely put in front.

Parked bike around 8pm the night before. Stayed overnight. Discovered the padlock had been cut and the bike and chain stolen at 7am the next morning.

Bike was left overnight on an outside deck behind 4-5 apartments but unavailable to the public behind a deadlock (or the apartments themselves).

On Thursday at 2:00 i parked my bike inside Harris Bank while i deposited a check. i was in the bank for no more than 3 minutes and when i went back to the front of the bank lobby the bike was gone.

Bike stolen from garage.

Sunday afternoon, I locked my bike in the same location in front of my build as I do every time I'm done riding it. I had taken the bus to work Mon/Tues/Wed, and hadn't used it since then. When I went to get it this evening, there was no indication of where it disappeared to.

My bicycle was left in the back stairway of my apartment building. No one but tenants use this area, it is locked and not visible from any street or alley. Thief had to have had a key.

Bike was not locked inside individual storage unit in basement of apartment building. Storage unit was locked with a combination padlock. Latch holding padlock to wood frame of storage unit was broken (padlock intact). The basement storage area/laundry room is left unlocked by other residents 50%+ of the time, tho we lock it ourselves. The exterior door shows no sign of being forced open. We rode Monday, 7/23, did not ride Tuesday 7/24, bike was missing early morning of Wednesday, 7/25. Landlord sent an email Monday night saying that on Wednesday, 7/25, they would send scavengers in to clean out any storage locker unused by current residents. I did not receive the email -- my husband only noticed it *after* the bike was gone. His bike, an aluminum ladder, and a window AC were not taken from the unit. Unable to reach the landlord until later today.