Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Picture is not exact, closest one I could find, handle bars are just straight across. Bike was in storage in apartment basement. Someone saw unknown people enter building around 8:30 on 3/14, thought they were friends with other people in building. Checked bikes today and mine only one gone.

Bike was in a locked garage. Thief broke into garage through back door, opened garage door and left with bike.

The bike was locked inside my house and I saw it before leaving for dinner on Feb 24th. I went downstairs to do laundry after returning from dinner that night and realized the bike was gone. There were tire tracks outside the house that confirmed somone had ridden off with the bike (along with my housemate's bike too).

I locked up my bike when I went to class, through the front wheel and around the wheel posts. It was on DePaul University campus, outside of Seton Hall, at about 5:00pm. When I came back at 10:00pm, it was gone. The thief detached the front wheel and lifted the posts out of the u-lock. The front wheel remained locked to the rack. The theft has been reported with DePaul campus security.

On Monday 2.23.2009 after work I locked my bike up in front of the CRUNCH gym at Wabash/Grand I locked my bike to the bicycle rack in front with a Combination Cable lock. I put it through the rear wheel and the front wheel through the frame and the bike rack. Within the 1.5 hours I was in the gym my bike was removed. Both the bike and the lock were gone. I have no clue what could have happenedf especially since it was so quick.

store broken into and this was the only bike taken

Stolen from inside a locked garage at Western & North Ave, anytime between 2/12 and 2/16. Thief cut the cable lock and left it at the scene. The garage is shared with 10-15 other tenants and many of them keep their bikes locked up in the garage, however, only mine was stolen. Another tenant had birthday presents stolen out of her car while parked in the garage, so one of the tenants with garage access may be a thief. If you see a yellow Gary Fisher bike with Leinenkugel Honey Weiss stickers in the Chicagoland area, it's most likely mine since it's a special edition and only a handful were made.

I forgot my U-lock and locked the bike to a bike rack with a cable lock in a heavily trafficked area, just outside the Anatomy building on the UC campus. I saw it at noon and it was gone when I came back out at 6.

Theft in process. A guy with an angle cutter and a USPS van was seen cutting your bike. Security was alerted, check with them. Good luck.

This bike was stolen from my apartment in the summer I did file a police report but seemed to have lost my copy of it.

Left my bike there overnight. Came back the next day and it was gone.

Bike was in back on Honda Civic. It was covered w/ a sheet. Both car and bike were stolen. Police found the car 4 days later w/o the bike.

My bike was always locked to the same light pole across the street from my apartment building. It was securely locked using two ULocks and a cable (locked to frame at both front and back wheels, cable connected the two locks and secured bike to pole. I have no idea how someone could have gotten my bike :( It's been "safe" there for the two years I've been parking it there. The light pole is impossibly tall. I saw that it was missing - nothing left behind.

I left town on Fri night (Jan 30), came home on Sun night (Feb 1) to find that my bike was missing from the garage. It is possible that my landlord, who I share the garage with, left the door open and unattended for 5 min while unloading her vehicle. I saw a bike posted on Craigslist that matches my bike... hmm...

Stolen between Friday evening and Monday morning. I have a picture of the bike in the actual location it was stolen.

I live on a corner lot, so my side entrance garage is exposed to everybody when the overhead door is open. I assume somebody saw the bikes when I was getting the snowblower one day and decided to come back at a later time. I have no idea when it was stolen as the garage is only used for storage. I saw the bikes a few weeks ago when I was in the garage putting some Christmas decorations away. However, when I returned from a business trip, I saw my garage service (not overhead) door open. I actually didn't think twice as I thought I left it open. I live in a very safe neighborhood with no theft activity that I've ever heard of. The old timers still leave their front doors open! As I was in the garage today, it felt a little empty and I couldn't put my finger on it. I went back about ten minutes later and realized the bike was not there. It's strange because they didn't take the $700 snowblower or $400 lawnmower... just the bikes (my wife's Trek, as well).

Bike was locked between the end of the bike rack and a concrete support pillar for the building. smaller new york lock and keyway facing up and toward the concrete pillar limited access for forcing lock off.

I use this bike and trailer to haul my commercial packages to the post office and have been doing it for over two years. I have been bringing the bike into the main lobby and usually locking it to a railing under the escalator (with the permission of the janitor/custodian). That day, I didn't have the cable and lock with me and left it where I usually do, instead of trying to bring the bike and trailer to the second floor in the elevator (too small for bike and trailer). When I was finished with the postal clerks, I saw immediately that it was missing and went back to the clerks - just in case a security person moved the bike, then direct to USPS postal police and then filed a CPD report. The following morning, I did see the tire tracks of the bike and trailer - that someone had walked out of the building and bounced down the stairs - probably heading east on Harrison. THERE SHOULD BE A SURVEILANCE CAMERA/DOCUMENTATION of the theft.

Parked to City bike rack with other bikes at noon, gone when I returned at 6pm. Kryptonite cable lock with built in key lock, was mounted to the frame via connector, gone with bike.

Bike was left unlocked in the basement of 800 Sherman Ave, which is locked. Between September 1 and September 15 it disappeared.