Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Thief broke a gas pipe to remove my U-locked bike.

I think my lock was cut and removed along with the bike, because there was no apparent damage to the railing I locked it on. It was on my porch/fire escape on the 2nd floor, which is not visible from the alley or the street due to the layout of the building.

Don't know what happened, should have brought it into my house. It was just gone in the morning. A much loved bike, goes by the name Pink Thunder.

Stolen from the easternmost bike rack on the south side of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center, at Illinois Institute of Technology.

I went to a friend's house. Someone stole my bag containing extra keys to my bike locks. I took a cab home that night, and when I returned the next day, it was missing. I cross-locked with a cable lock and a u-lock to a fence. The fence was untouched, So someone either used the keys in my bag, or had a portable angle grinder. I'm not sure if the two thefts that night are related, but devastating, nonetheless.

They cut through both the Kryptonite cable and lock, and left pieces at the scene. In front of a busy store on a busy street.

Bike was hung up in garage each night. I came home from work on the 28th and the bike was gone.

Bike was locked up at approximately 4pm on Weds Aug 26th. It just started to rain heavily and was locked to a construction pole. I cam out after the rain had stopped (30-45 min later)to find the cable lock cut, sitting by itself. This was the best fit bike I have owned so I will provide a LARGE REWARD for it's return.

I don't usually like to leave my bike outside at night but it was my birthday and I came back late so I didnt get dropped off by my bike. Bike was locked to a street light on a corner with no parking so it was very well lit and highly visible. Bike was locked only with a small padlock and thin cable since I don't usually leave it outside overnight and it isn't a particularly nice bike. My best guess is that someone saw a shiny bike (I really liked this bike despite its low quality so the chrome was all polished and the frame waxed) and chopped the cable. I couldn't find the lock but it might have been tossed in one of the neighbors gardens. Unique features of the bike would be the dual pivot calipers (japanese market long reach tektros...never seen another set here) and brown leather hand grips. Oh, and everything was pretty shiny at the time of theft

Bike was locked to a bike rack near Pearson Street in front of the MCA among lots of other bikes and a full bike rack. Left the MCA when it was closing after being in there for an hour. A few bikes were left on the bike rack. Mine was gone, and it was stolen. Lock was taken with it. To elicit some sympathy: handbuilt the bike with a friend all summer,, rode it for three days before it was gone.

Was stolen while secured to a friend's bike with a steel cable lock. Lock was cut and found next to both bikes. Was stolen outside of 112 South Michigan Avenue on Saturday, September 5.

bike was locked at Metra Edgebrook train station in the morning (approximately 6am), arrived to train station after work (approximately 5pm) and bike & lock was missing.

The bike was stolen from the locked apartment lobby in front. It was self-locked with a U-lock. Lock on lobby door was not broken. Older bike in lobby was not taken. This would have occured most likely between the hours of midnight to 7AM.

We had two bikes stolen from in front of the zoo. It was at the east entrance to the zoo. One was an orange Raleigh bike and the other was the Cannondale. They were both locked together to a bike rack.

I noticed my bike missing when I came back to my apartment one day. I had it parked in my apartment's parking lot, which requires a key to be accessed. I suppose I was lucky it was not stolen earlier; it was unlocked all summer. I believe someone climbed up the fence, then walked it out, because you only need a key in, not a key out.

Someone took my bike out of my closed garage and had to enter my backyard to do so. I am really sad about it!

Bike was in the garage since about August 19th. Discovered it missing on August 29. No sign of forced entry into the garage (shared garage)

Left it locked outside of my friend's and wasn't there when I came back

Bike was locked outside of apartment building. Went missing overnight. No sign of lock or bike.

Bike was in a storage/bike room that had intermittent door problems (lock on the door was continually broken and fixed). The bike storage system in the building used these cables attached to the wall with a loop at the other end to slip a lock through. I had a U-Lock going through the front tire, the loop, and my frame and a cable lock going around the back tire and the frame (locking the tire to the frame). The system was defeated by the prying open of the loop. No evidence of locks left behind - assume that they carried the bike off to an alternate location to dismantle locks later.