Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Bike was in a locked condo garage as usual. No place to lock bike to. Theft occurred sometime between 11/19/13 at 7PM and 11/20/13 at 4:15PM. Doors to the garage automatically lock when closed. Garage door automatically closes after ~30 second delay, but not everyone waits to see the door close before driving off. Residents and contractors are in and out of the building regularly, but bike has been stored like this for the past 4 months without incident.

No tampering evident with lock on basement door. Presume other member of the association accidentally did not close the door.

THe bike was not locked because it was in our garage, which was locked.

Stupid me left the garage door open when I drove my kids to the mall. The theft of my bike was my fault, entirely. If I had not left the garage door open, the bike would have been secure, in a locked garage. My bike was parked near the door. The garage door opens out onto an alley. The thief would have come through the alley.

It was parked directly in front of the IIT Kent Law School on W. Adams Street downtown. This is a high-traffic area which made it unusual that thieves are so brazen to steal it in broad daylight. There are always plenty of bikes parked there, however thinking back, mine had the weakest lock. The bicycle was also probably targeted as it is an electric bike. However, the battery and charging system was in with me in my office at the time of theft.

Bike locked to street sign for parking meter parking. Bolt at base removed and bike driven away. Lock not compromised.

My bike was locked when I went into work. After 7 or 8 hours in the office I returned to an empty bike rack.

The pole it was locked to was pulled out of the ground and the bike with U-lock was removed. Another bike was locked to this pole and also went missing.

Bike locked to street sign on corner of N Lincoln Park West and Wisconsin (on N Lincoln Park West). Street sign was removed from ground & lying on ground when bike was discovered missing. Another older Schwinn bike was locked to street sign, but not stolen. Bike was locked with Ulock with flat key through frame. Both lock and bike were missing.

My bike was locked to itself in the courtyard of my apartment complex. The front and rear gates of the courtyard are locked. Earlier that day there were maintenance technicians doing work around the complex and may have propped the gates open. It would've required the person to carry my bike out of the residence.

bike was stole i lock it in front of my building at dearborn and maple.

Asshole took my precious bike and left the cut evidence to hurt my feelings even further.

Bike was U-locked to itself on my 2nd floor porch, I put it there in the morning before going to school, I came from school and the bike was already gone, all the doors to the porch were locked too.

Garage open and bicycle taken

cable around front wheel and frame, then around light pole, finally U lock around frame, rear wheel and cable. Cable cut, and bike carried away.

My bike was inside a 4-car garage next to another bike. I did not lock it b/c I thought the garage was a secure place. I'm guessing a resident in my building accidentally left the garage door open, unless someone managed to break into the garage.

I U-locked my bike to a street sign that had one other, crusty old bike locked to it. I didn't realize that the sign was missing from the post. Someone just lifted my bike and the U-lock right over the top of the pole. Bastards.

Bike was secured using heavy thick Kryptonite lock and stored inside storage locker inside basement of building (storage room). Locker was also secured with masterlock. Masterlock cut with buildings own bolt cutters as they were found stripped. Management denied this but it was obvious they were being used by people or 'friends' of people that live in the building. Discovered many other bike thefts there later on, do not store your bike there or live in this building.