Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

After finishing a week of work, came home sunday and put bike in back yard of new apartment. Only have keys to front of apartment so far. Back yard is fenced in, with a not locked side swing door. After coming into the house, had a beer and laid down. Fell asleep for a nap on the couch, when I woke up and went to get my bike, it was gone.

The bike was left on the 1st floor raised porch of an apartment building for maybe 1/2 hour. The porch is small, and raised off the ground about 10 feet. It's not hard to climb the wall, but it's not easy either. We were home. When we went out on the porch to retrieve the bicycle, it was gone.

I went out at 11:30 pm to retrieve my bike and noticed that it was not there. There were three other bikes still chained to the rack.

The bike was stolen off of my front porch at some point between 12:00 pm and 5:20 pm. The bike is brand new and means the world to me. It has bmx style handlebars and deep V gold rims. It is all white and says Critical on the side.

Bike was hanging in locked bike storage room at 5541 S Everett Drive in Hyde Park. Bike had a wheel that was too large for the fork and could not be moved, so the bike was unrideable. Unfortunately it was not locked to anything. Apartment says they will be able to provide video footage soon.

Bike was stolen from my locked garage. A car outside was broken into to access the garage door opener inside. The Mongoose bike had a Burley dual trailer attached. A blue Trek mountain bike was also stolen.

We had workers in our backyard, and the garage was open. Someone stole the bike from our garage where it was stored.

Bike was hung 6' off the ground inside closed garage with u-lock/kryptolok combination locked to frame. NOTE: PHOTO FROM WEB - REFER TO bike description for accurate identification. Second bike stolen out of a 3 car garage. Security footage under review for suspect description.

I rode my bike to the Rogers Park Metra's station. I locked my bike on the bike rike underneath the overpass, then went to work. I came back later at around 6:30 and the bike was gone. I'm assuming someone either walked by, or drove by, the metra station was pretty empty at that time, and they decided to just cut the lock and go off with the bike.

Bike was hung 6' off the ground inside closed garage with u-lock/kryptolok combination locked to frame. NOTE: PHOTO FROM WEB - REFER TO bike description for accurate identification. One of two bikes stolen out of a 3 car garage. Security footage under review for suspect description.

My bike was missing from the bike room in my building. When I spoke to management, they said that the door to the locked bike room had been kicked in a couple weeks back. My bike had been locked with a combination cable to a metal chain that was bolted into the bike room wall. The cable/lock was also missing with my bike. Management said multiple bikes were taken at once. I am not sure exactly when it was taken because the management did NOT notify the tenants that the break in had occurred. The management company stated that they made a general report to the police.

I left the bike unlocked on a rack in the back of my moderately-sized apartment complex. The back area is locked from the street and only accessible to other residents, and the bike rack itself is not visible from the street. I normally lock the bike to the rack but neglected to this time. It was left unattended from Saturday afternoon to Monday afternoon when I discovered it missing.

Left bike at 9:30pm. Locked front wheel and frame to the bike rack. Came back at a little after midnight and the bike was gone. The cut lock was laying on the ground.

A neighbor about two houses down on our block reported that 3 boys, about ages 16 to 18 walked into our garage (which was left open), took the bike from off the ceiling-mounted hooks and left. He reported that the boy who took the bike was wearing a white shirt, and that the boys were smoking. Our garage opens into an alley behind Saint Louis Ave. This happened at about 5pm on Sunday, August 4th. There were also three young men who were nearby in a community garden behind our house who overheard us talking with our neighbor about the situation. They took down my phone number and I showed them pictures of the bike, and they said that if they saw the bike around, they would call and let me know. It seemed like they were different than the other three boys he described, as they all had their own bikes, and were trying to help us find the missing one... but who knows. Our neighbor said that the boys who took the bike might live a block or two south of us, but when they left with the bike, they walked north out of our alley toward Leland Ave. We then filed a police report over the phone about 10 minutes later.

I've kept my bike locked to itself through the back wheel (with a newish U lock) for several years, in my building's interior, locked courtyard. It had been locked for several days there, and I saw it last Thursday morning when leaving for work. It was gone when I took trash out late Thursday night. No sign of damage to the gate.

The bike was locked up outside the apartment building next to another bike. I believe that the person must have cut off the cable lock but there was no lock found after. Bike was last seen at 11:00 PM on Sunday Aug 4th and missing at 7:00 AM on Monday Aug 5th. The bike is in very good condition for being a vintage Schwinn. there are only some minor scratches and paint chips and still has the original foam on the handlebars.

My bike was propped up next to my grill in the courtyard area of my apartment complex. Both the grill and bike were covered by a grill cover but the bike was not locked to anything. Our courtyard area is secured by a gatem which is the only way in and out. I don't believe another resident stole the bike so somebody must have hoped the fence, taken the bike and walked out the gate.

I left my bike locked to visit the Lincoln Park Zoo for about an hour and a half and it was gone when I returned. My wife's bike that was locked to it was still there and our helmets were left there as well. They also stole the baby seat that was attached to the rear rack. Ed note- user selected U-lock as lock type but later offered: "We had a cable and u-lock. The cable was cut--the u-lock was still in tact."

The bike was hung up in a private, fenced in backyard in the Roscoe Village neighborhood.

I went to a Church retreat at St. Clements (642 W Deming Pl, Chicago, IL ‎) in Lincoln Park. I locked the bike to a pole/sign near the church around 7 PM. When I came out at 11 PM, my bike was gone. I looked around for it and came back the next day as well during daylight and couldn't find it.