Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Left mine and my friend's bike outside for 2 minutes outside McDonalds. His was a purple Schwinn mountain bike about medium sized which also got stolen. I am more concerned about my BMX bike because it was 500 dollars. We went back and weren't there. Someone told me 2 people got on and rode away. Ran about 2 blocks and saw nothing. Called the cops and made a police report. Going later to see if McDonalds to see if they got it on the security camera.

My friend's apartment has a locked glass foyer area. Several people came up the stairs that night. People sometimes hang out near the door, so I think someone lodged something in the door before it closed when one of us went in and then took the bike when everyone was upstairs.

I was out for an early morning ride and stopped at the shell gas station to grab a drink. I went inside got my drink and came out to find my bike was gone. I was only inside for 2 minutes. One african american kid was riding his bike away while another was riding my bike. This was at 530 this morning in evanston on Oakton street at the shell gas station right across from the steak and shake. They rode off to the east into Evanston and I believe they are in a neighborhood in Evanston.

I think someone walked up to the bike and cut the cable and took off with the bike.

Our two bikes were parked along side our garage inside of our locked gate. Sometime in the afternoon someone entered our yard, either through the front gate which is sporadically locked but always closed, or jumped the back gate which opens to the alley. They took both bikes and left through the back gate which they left open. The bikes were unlocked but not easily visible from anywhere except a small space from the front of the house. The theft took place during daylight hours on a weekend.

I went to a yoga class, locked up my bike and when i returned it was gone. i think someone came by, cut the lock and took off with the bike. it had to of been quick, because it was on LaSalle in high traffic.

The bike was locked through the front wheel and the frame, to a medium-sized tree. The tree was along the lakepath, and was about 100 yards from where I was playing sand volleyball. After playing for two hours, I walked over to where my bike had been locked up, and it was gone. The lock was also missing.

I believe my bike was stolen. I saw it around 9 am and when i returned home at 9 pm it was gone lock and all.

I locked my bike to a metal railing that was bolted to the ground and had another metal railing welded to the top of the pole so no one could loop the cable off the railing. I had a cable that looped around both of my tires, frame, and metal railing. I used a U-lock to lock the cable to the frame of the bike. The metal railing was too big for the U-lock to be attached. The bike was inside a gated residential area. Everything is missing.

Left home next to the cafe and bike was there behind locked doors. Came home four hours later and bike was gone. Heard that someone had moved out during that time and am guessing they left doors wide open for someone to come in and grab it.

It was locked to a pole in my front yard and the lock was cut and the helmet and bike are gone.

The bike was locked to the fence in front of the address mentioned above. It is a three-story, multi-unit apartment building. Some shady types were sitting in an idle car out front when we discovered the theft. I was away from the bike for two hours, during which it was stolen. Also stolen was a silver Trek 4400 mountain bike, locked with the green one in the same location. The bikes were locked with two cable locks and a U-lock, and a velcro strap belonging to one of the locks was found on the sidewalk leading up to the building at 3138 W. Logan, leading me to think that the bikes were brought inside and someone at this address has them. Many other bikes locked to the fence were noticeably tampered with, and a blue bike even had it's U-lock broken open. There was a street fest going on, and many many people were walking by. Our 2 bike helmets-locked with the bikes-were also stolen. One was silver with many flags and stickers on it, the other was a black Bell helmet with a Jamaican flag on the side with a light fixture on the front.

The garage door was accidents left open for a couple of hours. When we came back out, the bike was gone.

The bike was locked to the fence in front of the address mentioned above. It is a three-story, multi-unit apartment building. I was away from the bike for two hours, during which it was stolen. Also stolen was a green Specialized mountain bike, also locked in the same location. The bikes were locked with three cable locks, and a velcro strap belonging to one of the locks was found on the sidewalk leading up to the building, leading me to think that the bikes were brought inside.

I had it lock with a stupid cable/padlock because my U lock was rusty. The guy saw it, either went home to get cutters or had them already? He took the bike, cable and lock? Locked it on railing under El, across the street from Merchandise Mart. Only $300 bike but it was fairly new.

Came downstairs, bike was missing.

I was at Fleet Feet Sports for a triathlon training group with Chicago Endurance Sports. The bike was stolen while we were out on a run. I locked my bike at 6:30 pm exactly. At 8pm when I left after the workout the bike was gone. I locked the U-lock around the rack and the cable through the back tire and frame. The lock was still on the bike rack and the metal cable had been clipped. I checked with every nearby business including the security desk in the main building but absolutely none of them have security cameras outside the stores. Apparently no one eating on the patio or the parking valet at the Adobo Grill next door saw or reported anything either.

stolen by cutting the cable and taking off of both tires and pole, before leaving with it. in Daylight, in front of businesses with windows, people all around....no one does anything.

I road my bike to work on the morning of 7-28-2011, I locked my bike up to one of the bike racks out in front of 303 E. Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60601 at approximately 8 a.m. I went to Bockwinkles for lunch at 12:30, I saw my bike locked up where I left that morning when I walked to and from Bockwinkles. I left the office on 7-28-2011 at approximately 6 p.m. As I was walking to the area where my bike was locked up I noticed that I did not see it, when I got to the bike rack where I locked my bike up that morning my bike and my bike lock were missing. I spoke with the security manager of 303 E. Wacker Dr. and he told me that in the last 3 weeks 3 bikes were stolen from the same area my bike was stolen from. The odd thing about this is that the security manager did not make an effort to notify the companies who reside at 303 E. Wacker that all employees should be aware of bike thefts in the area. He stated that the sidewalks are property of the city of Chicago and he is not obligated to inform anyone of the issues that take place on the sidewalks.

Bike stolen in front of Equinox gym, no witness.