Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Bike was locked outside of a DePaul university residence hall. Two bikes were chained together and to a bike rack, through both of the frames and front wheels. The lock was cut and the second bike was moved a few feet away and the lock was put back around it. The other bike was taken.

My boyfriend rode the bike and locked it to the bike racks almost directly in front of the Irving Park Blue line station around noon on August 26th. When he came back from work around 9:00 that same day, the bike was missing along with lock. There was no employee at the station at the time he arrived and he couldn't locate anyone to talk to for about ten minutes at which point he decided to leave. The bicycle seat had been taken with him at the time of lock-up and I currently have possession of it. It is the original bike seat and has the Giant logo on it.

Went to North Coast Music Festival on Friday September 2nd. I locked It up near the Green line stairs (Ashland/Lake) about 100' north of the main entrance into union park. i thought it would be safe near the security detail by the entrance. I guess I was mistaken. Should have used a U-Lock. This is an older picture of the bike but the frame is still the same. it was taken any time between 6:30-9:30pm. Karma!

Work bike, left unlocked to grab another delivery, was gone when I came back out.

I locked my bike at the corner of Waveland and Jansen unto a street sign and was gone for 2 hours. When I came back, my pride and joy was stolen. Apparently the thief had a bolt cutter and snipped it in broad daylight. However, if this bastard ever wants to fix a flat tire, good luck because I have the Pinhead key.

First off, the bike was stolen inside a bike/storage room that has key access only to residents of the building. It was locked by an OnGaurd cable lock that was around the front wheel, through the frame then eventually attached to a U-lock that was on my other bike in an adjacent parking spot. The bike was last seen locked like this on Saturday 8/27 around 12PM. The bike was discovered stolen on Sunday 8/28 at 8:30PM. After viewing the surveillance tape of the building including the front door and the bike room, it was found that the thief did infact have key access and walked in from the front door, through the hallways and into the bike room where he scouted around for the best bike to take. He spent a total of about 3-5 minutes in the room checking out other bikes (skipping over bikes taht weren't even locked) and eventually got to the location where the bike was parked. Once he gets the bike he proceeded to exit the building the same way he came in. Since he was wearing a hat and seemed to know the placement of the cameras, no one could positively ID the suspect to be a current or past resident of the building. The thief was a white male approximately 5'8" to 5'10", wearing a beige/white baseball cap, white tennis shoes, white socks, skinny build, wearing a black pair of shorts, black t-shirt with large white print on it and a beige/white cloth type messenger bag (probably where he put his bolt cutters). The flap on the messenger bag had a distinctive black stripe on the left part of the flap. He also wore his messenger bag over his right hip and left shoulder. Please do not hesitate to contact me. Thanks!!

PRISTINE 1988 RED SHRED. MOSTLY STOCK. PLEASE HELP WITH RECOVERY !! THANKS.

The bike was secured onto the cable of the vertical bike rack in my garage with a newer u-lock with flat key. It was locked to the frame of the bike using a u-lock. The only people who have access to the garage are the other residents. The bike rack cable was cut off.

Me and my wife left the bikes at bike rack at S. columbus Dr & E Monroe St around 6:30 pm to assist the jazz concert at Jay Pritzker pavilion. When we left our bikes there were no more free space on the rack, in fact the bikes were no lock one next to the other. When we arrive again to the place around 8:30pm both bikes were not there. Probably someone was watching when we left the bikes there.

Me and my wife left the bikes at bike rack at S. columbus Dr & E Monroe St around 6:30 pm to assist the jazz concert at Jay Pritzker pavilion. When we left our bikes there were no more free space on the rack, in fact the bikes were no lock one next to the other. When we arrive again to the place around 8:30pm both bikes were not there. Probably someone was watching when we left the bikes there.

I'm a teacher and had my bike right outside my classroom. The bike was probably taken by a boy who was not a student at the school.

My bike and my boyfriend's bike were locked in our storage unit in the basement of our condo building. The basement door to the storage unit area had been removed at the hinges. Our storage locker appears to be the only locker that was broken into. It happened at some point during the day and the building's cameras are being reviewed tonight.

It was locked to one of the poles that's used to stop cars from going through an area behind my building. I had wrapped the lock through the frame of the bike and through the front wheel and around the pole but everything could have been lifted off and thrown onto a truck pretty easily as the pole was only about 3 feet tall, I was hoping since it was behind the building tucked in from the alley that it wouldn't attract too much attention but apparently someone cruising through the alley saw it and decided to take it.

I locked the bike in front of Andersonville Wine & Liquors, because it is the closest place to my house to lock that isn't a tree. I liked the bike with a Kryptonite U-Lock through the front wheel & the frame. I locked it to a no parking sign around 10pm, and I had locked it here several times previously. When I came back around 8am the next morning, the bike had vanished. There was no obvious damage to the pole, and no sign of my lock or bike.

I went to the gym and came out 1 1/2 hours later and the bike was gone. There was construction close by, but I expect it was stolen before they came in. It is right next to the gym and I think bikes are regularly stolen there. It'd be amazing if someone found it.

Bike was in locked and gated courtyard area. I saw it at 5pm went inside my apt and came back out 10 minutes later to find it gone. Thief could have climbed over locked gate and left easily since a key is not needed to exit the gated area. The bike was not locked while in the gated area.

Bike was stolen from the ground floor of my apartment complex. Bike was locked front wheel and frame to a steel pipe with a newer model U-lock and back wheel and frame with a thick cable lock that was wrapped around the pipe and then looped around the U-lock. Whomever stole it had to break both locks. Whomever stole it also left the bike next to it (my roommate's) even though it is chained in front of my bike and with a cheap and flimsy U-lock.

I parked my bike in front of Draftfcb (where I work) at 9:20am through the front tire, through the frame, and around the bike rack. I came back out at 1pm for lunch and it was gone. No lock, no parts of the bike left, ALL GONE. I asked a biker who had his bike locked where mine WAS if he'd seen it... he said no obviously. No one saw it get stolen.

Stolen from bike room in apartment building.

Unlocked bike was stolen overnight from our garage, along with two childen's scooters.