Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

I was out of town, this could have been stolen any time in a 8 day period. Bike was locked to itself with a kryptonite U lock. I used a steel cable to wrap around a wooden pole holding up a deck/fire escape, that cable was locked into the U-lock. That cable also looped through my GF's bike, 'locking' them both to the pole. Her bike and 6 others stored in this location were not stolen. Sadly this location is in full view of a heavily trafficked alley, and residents in my building often forget to lock the gate. I can only assume someone had cased the bike, came late at night, the gate was unlocked, cut the wimpy cable, walked off with the bike to work on the U-lock at their leisure.

Left bike locked to a street sign in front of a couple businesses on busy, populated North Avenue. Went up to my apartment for a few hours and came down to retrieve my bike for the night and it was gone, no sign of lock or bike.

Bicycle was stolen while owner was having lunch at Lou Mitchell's. Cable lock was cut and owner's bicycle was missing.

Locked bike to rack using combination cable lock. Came out 1hour 20min later, bike gone, no lock, other bikes at rack still there.

My bike was locked onto the Metra station's bike rack. Decent open space with a decent amount of traffic. I'm new to the town and I wasn't aware of how risky to leave my bike out for that long even if there are plenty of public eyes. I didn't have my serial# written down anywhere since I bought the bike recently.

The bike (as I usually temporarily store it) was on my back deck in a gate secured alley on the second level out of visible sight to any passerby. It was not locked, as I was going to head back out. Someone came and took the bike, removed the U-Lock (found downstairs in the alley), removed identifiable rear reflectives (reflective triangle and 2 red reflective bands) and the bike computer mounted to the front fork.

Bike was locked in front of the 35th/Archer orange line train station. There are cameras present at the location.

Nothing was left behind at the scene. Apprears to have broken or unlocked the lock.

I left my bike locked to a rack (both U and cable locked) outside the 7-Eleven across from Truman College overnight. I'm aware of the danger present in the area, but I couldn't bring it home that night and it was gone when I came back for it in the morning.

Bike was stolen (by picking lock and removing from rack) from heavy duty bike rack on Wells St. Of the 2 bikes I locked there separately (friend and I were riding and stopped for dinner) using separate locks, this red Trek 850 was stolen and a vintage Schwinn remained locked and unharmed. Cable lock was put through both wheels and the frame before securing to rack.

Stolen off my back deck along with my roommates 55cm black Gary Fisher Triton. 40 minute window between leaving them out on the deck and them being gone.

Stolen off of my back porch in the middle of the evening in Roscoe Village (Addison/Damen). Left bike outside for 40 minutes, it was stolen along with a white Trek 3rd District. It has a brownish-tan Bontrager saddle, white handlebars, an all black frame, and a small "ass-saver" with the acronym "AYHSMB". Pieces of black electric tape cover most of the decals or details of the bike's model (written in grey/silver). Made in America. Thin Bontrager tires. Very light. My conclusion at this time is that it was stolen by dumb local teens. They've been spotted stealing things off of bikes in the neighborhood. **The picture in this report is just from the Internet, not an actual photo of the bike that was stolen.**

The bike was locked in the enclosed area behind my apartment that has two locked security doors on both ends. This is the 2nd bike I have had stolen in the last month from back there. I am very frustrated to say the least.

I road my bike to exercise at XSport-Lakeview, arriving at 6:10; when I finished and came out, the bike, lock and cable were gone. I suspect the cable was cut with chain cutters, and the bike quickly loaded into a truck or van. It was all done in site of people exercising in XSport, so it must have been stolen quickly and deftly

Bike was locked up to the bike rack at the Lincoln Park zoo entrance on Stockton street near the Great Hall/cafe Brauer. The cable was cut and left between the hours of noon and 2pm Saturday.

It was U-locked to a black iron fence. They cut the fence and took the lock and bike. I should not have locked it to something so insecure.

my girlfriends bike was just stolen outside of her work at north and claremont.

Bike was taken from the locked bike room in our Madison Park Apt. Building sometime between June22 and June 28.

BIke was double locked to a solid bike rack. One lock (a cable lock) was cut, and the U-lock that had secured the front wheel was found locked and still attached to the bike rack. This happened on Wacker Drive, one of the busiest roads in Chicago in the middle of the day.

Both the bike and new u-bolt lock were stolen likely overnight. It was attached to two iron fences in an alleyway behind my apartment.