Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

I think the bike was locked, but improperly. It was dark and raining and the bike may have been locked around the seat post rather than the frame. Again, it was dark and the street light was a good 100 feet away from the bike rack. That said, with so little foot traffic in front of this gym I believe someone is targeting the bikes in this area knowing that the classes are for an hour—meaning that very few people will be outside for stretches of time. The is the second bike I have had stolen in Chicago. Oddly enough, they both happened while at the gym.

I always locked my bike with both a cable lock and a U-lock, but tonight one of my friends forgot his lock. So we locked 3 bikes together to a bike rack with 2 cable locks and 2 U-locks. I was at Benchmark just south of North Ave/ Wells St, and in the duration I was at Benchmark, which was approximately 2 hours, the 2 cable locks were cut, and 2 of the 3 bikes that were "locked up" were stolen.

I was waiting for a package at FedEx thinking it was going to be a quick transaction. Had it outside of the store, my back was turned when someone decided to steal my bike.

The bike was stolen as it was tied to a tree in front of an apartment building on 55th and Kimbark.

Bike was locked to fence in parking lot at Jenner School at Cleveland and Elm. I was in the school for a basketball league for 2 hours from 6:30-8:30pm. Bike missing when I came out. No sign of lock or bike. There was a softball game going on at the park nearby.

I first realized the bike was missing at 7am 9/20. I had last seen it locked up at about 11pm the night before.

bike was stolen from rack at north east corner of building at 500 W Monroe, in the alley

Bike was in a locked garage. Garage service door was "jimmied" and bike was taken.

The bike was parked at the Metra Clyborn station on 2001 Ashland. It was locked through the front wheel as well as the frame of the bike. When I got off the train the bike, helmet, chains were missing.

I locked my bike outside my apartment. I couldn't take it to the second floor because I have a back injury. I locked it Sept. 28 around 3 p.m. the last time I saw it was that night around 10 p.m. by Sept. 27 around 8:30 a.m. the bike was gone. The lock was gone,too.

My wife had been out running errands on the bike and locked in front of 534 N Clark (Blue Chicago Bar) near where we live. 2 hours later she returned to ride it again and found the lock had been cut and the bike was gone.

I locked my bike to the fence outside my apartment and left it there overnight. In the morning it was gone as well as the lock.

Garage door facing alley was mistakenly not closed for 2 hours. When we returned, bike was gone.

The bike was locked at 37 S Wabash Ave, in front of one of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's school buildings downtown. It was locked to the metal pole of a street sign in front of the entrance to the building at 9:00 am before class. The bike was still there when I left for evening class in another building. When I returned at 9:00 pm, the bike was gone, the street sign was still in place, but I noticed that the bolt that afixes the pole to the base was gone (I forgot to check before I locked the bike whether it was there when I locked up initially). When I reported the theft to a security guard at the school building, she said that about two hours prior, she had been outside the building and saw someone messing with the bike. She asked if it was his bike and he said that it was and he had forgotten the key.

I locked my bike to the bike rack at 350 N Lasalle in the morning. At 5:30 in the evening I went to retrieve it and it was gone.

Wife's bike and mine stolen out of garage. Thief had to come down side of garage and enter gate and garage.

Came down side of garage through a fence and into garage through a door to steal 2 bicycles. Left third bike and child's bike.