Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

The bicycle was locked to a bike rack located inside of an enclosed and locked parking area behind an apartment complex. It was discovered missing after having been locked up 21 hours prior. It had been secured with a heavy-duty bike cable with 5 digit combination lock by Bell through the front tire and frame to a bike rack where other bikes were locked with u-locks and were left unharmed. The rear tire, seat and frame were locked by a thin 4 digit combination lock. The bike, helmet, two locks, lights and bag were all taken. The rack appears to be intact and other bikes locked beside were unharmed.

I locked my bike when I arrived at work, when I left the building this evening it was gone.

Bike was locked to outdoor office building bicycle racks. Office building is directly above Amtrak Union Station, and building bike racks are between Adams Union Station entrance and front of the office building. Racks are located away from both Adams sidewalk and Riverside Plaza foot traffic. Racks cannot be seen from sidewalks. I suspect an individual or group may semi-regularly target the area because after speaking with building management about the missing bike, they informed me that on occasion they have caught people at the bicycle racks with power tools.

I locked my bike to a support beam behind my house at approximately 10 p.m., as I do every night. When I woke up this morning at 8 a.m. it was missing.

Parked in front of the Museum on Michigan avenue! broad daylight at 2:40pm locked using a cable lock to a bike rack along with another bike already there. Came back and it was gone. They must have cut the lock and taken it or had a master key.

Someone cut the fence in my backyard and slipped the lock out of it, then took the bike with the lock still attached.

Found garage door open at 5pm on Thursday Aug 8. Bike was not secured to anything in garage because the garage is usually closed and locked. Bike could have been stolen at any time overnight from 8pm Aug 7 to 5pm Aug 8.

This is the best bike I've ever had. I loved it, and I was a fool to leave it on the corner! But I've learned from my mistake. My bike was locked to a street sign, with my heavy duty chain and padlock. The chain was cut- I have the broken link here on the table, and now my bike is gone. She is all blue, and is in pretty great condition though I think that she's on the vintage side. I'd kept my bike in our basement for the past year at least, but this week I decided it would be alright to leave it locked on the well-lit, open corner near the church, across the street from my building. I thought I'd use it again soon, but the weather this week ended up being rainy and unpredictable... There will never be another like her! I'll go back to using a u-lock, as fun and convenient as the chain was. I liked also that I could lock my back wheel with the chain, but clearly that doesn't cut it. No pun intended.

Suspect pried/broke the bricks which the pole was sunk into. After they were able to pry the bricks off of the ground, they then removed the pole from the ground/concrete, took the bike (which was locked on using a U Lock/Cord), off the pole and then threw the pole to the side. The left all the bricks (8 or so) removed from the ground and the sign was on the sidewalk.

Bike was locked up with a newer U-lock w/flat key with orange handle to a street sign in a Lincoln Park neighborhood overnight. In the morning, the bike was missing and the street sign was dug up and removed so that the thief could slip bike off the pole and take it.

Locked at 805 W. North Avenue just east of Clybourn. Between the L stop & the Apple Store-under a security camera! Not sure what time -between 7:30am-5:30pm

The bike was on my first-floor back deck overnight, which is completely hidden from the street or alley. Bike was last seen about 10PM, 8/7. The helmet was on the handlebars (black Giro Saros), as well as an old, clear 20 oz. water bottle from Mountain Road Cycles bike shop. There is also a white sticker on the bottle. Bike was not locked. My neighbor's bike was also stolen. Someone must have jumped the fence/gate into our backyard, walked up on the deck and simply lifted them.

Bike was properly locked with both U-lock and cable to metal banister of the stairway leading to apartment. U-lock was sawed through in 2 places and left at the scene.

Bike was inside locked vestibule attached to the building. Possible inside job but no one knows anything.

Bike was locked to bike rack directly in front of the Chicago theatre on State and Lake. Went into building for 5 minutes and was gone when I returned.

I left my bike locked at the Ravenswood Metra station in the morning at 8:30am. Discovered it missing, along with lock, at 7:15pm.

A bike was stolen from the same rack a month ago. We believe it is the same person, though we are reviewing surveillance tomorrow to confirm.