Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Bike was locked to a metal fence through the tire and the frame and when I came back about an hour and a half later the bike was gone.

Thief broke the metal fence to snake out the lock/bike from being locked to it. Lock may still be attached to top bar of frame.

I brought my bike to my apartment and locked it up in a back alley porch, which was only accessible from Orleans Street. When I returned the next day to bring the bike inside I found that someone had ripped up the porch and stolen the bike. The theft occurred between 4PM May 28 and 4PM May 29.

Stolen from an alley that is normally kept locked.

My roommate moved out this weekend, and I was out of town. I returned to find one of my bikes gone. Both were unlocked. Both were stored on the third floor (top) landing of the central stairwell of my apartment. These bikes are not visible from the street, neighboring apartment buildings or neighbors. My roommate moved out with the help of his friends only. He has a bike. His friends have cars. Go figure.

People were moving and may have left the back gate open where my bike was left overnight.

I locked my bike up and went inside, when I came out, nothing was there to find. Totally miserable! I have a photo of my bike, just not at this computer where I'm at. I will try to load later.

I had stopped to use the bathroom at the North Ave. Beach House and wheeled my bike inside to lean against the wall - unlocked as I've done safely in the past. Although it was in eyesight, a stall door swung open or I just wasn't paying attention and I turned to leave and - Poof - it was gone. I ran out to the bike path but couldn't see the thief. I quickly asked around and was told "a guy in a white tshirt" was hauling ass southbound towards Oak St. and Navy Pier and who knows.... I caught up with 3 plain-clothed CPD cops about 10 minutes later who said they'd head south down LSD in their car to try to intercept(?), and filed the police report. Obviously I'm bummed, pretty screwed actually, so any help will be greatly appreciated.

I guess I locked the bike pretty poorly and the pole, I noticed this morning was broken and someone could have easily slid the bike off.

Bike was locked with U-Lock and 3/8" steel cable. Cable went around concrete support pillar. Bike was stolen sometime between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm

It was taken off of my deck behind my apartment, leaving behind a different bike, grill, dolley, and other misc outside equipment

My bike was secured underneath the stairway up to the second level of my covered back deck. Though usually locked, it was not at the time it was stolen. It was taken some time on Friday or Saturday, the 18th or 19th of May. I imagine someone hopped the fence in my front yard, went down the side alley and just rode off on the bike. There were other items that could have been stolen from my deck, but they were left as they were. The bike was not two feet from my back door, in an area that I had hoped was a little more secure that it clearly was.

i literally just got it tuned up and gave it a new seat and handlbar grips. it's a small frame and the seat is low, so i hope whoever is riding this now is really uncomfortable. i've been riding to work for the last 2 months and then, i spiff it up and suddenly it becomes desirable? I have no clue.

My bike was lock in a shared parking garage in my condo building. The bike was locked with a cable/lock combo type lock. The cable was cut and removed from the premises. The incedent happened some time between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm on May 3rd.

The bike was there when I left the apartment at 5:05pm and my landlord said it was gone when he left sometime around 5:30-6:00pm. The thief was considerate enough to leave my helmet behind. The courtyard is protected by a locked door, so the only way someone could have reached it is if both the gates to the alley/street were open as well as the courtyard door. The bike could not have been seen from either the alley or street, so I believe the theif either knew it was there and was waiting for their opportunity to take it or someone randomly took advantage of unlocked doors to see if there was anything worth stealing. I trust the people in my building, but our next-door building neighbors share the same side passageway so they could have easy access if the courtyard door was unlocked.

The bike was taken in the early morning, I sleep right by the porch and usually can hear footsteps, but these were sneaky bastards. This was the only time it was not locked up, I usually keep it inside.

I was at the Thompson Center at 8:45 am and some bikers (dressed like messengers) were commenting on how nice my bike was and I should get a better lock. They were right, but I said I want to keep honest people honest and rode off with plans to get a new lock the following day--the interaction was a little too weird. After I got to work and locked it, it was gone three hours later. Coincidence perhaps, but far too odd for my taste. I suspect one of them followed me to work and stole it, or somebody nearby overhearing our conversation did it. It's a shame--I had that bike 16 years prior to this.

Bike was stored in my fenced off carport in my yard behind my house behind a locked gate to the alley. Someone either jumped the fence or jimmied the lock. The lock to the gate looked fine. I don't know how someone could know there was a bike in my yard since the yard is entirely fenced. Perhaps someone watched me come and go on the bike and knew it was back there. They also stole my Raleigh M60 from inside the adjoining garage at the same time.

My bike was stolen from a locked bicycle storage area in the basement of my apartment complex. Only apartment tenants and staff should have access to this room. There was a bike reported stolen from the same room only two months ago--at that time, the doors to the storage area could be left unlocked or propped open. After that incident, the landlord modified the locks so they could not be left unlocked, and letters were posted warning tenants to not prop doors open and to lock their bikes. I locked my bike at 11PM, and saw nothing unusual. The doors were closed and locked. I returned the following morning at 9:55AM and found my bike missing. To my knowledge, no other bikes were missing from the area. The locked nature of the bike storage area implies that either someone unauthorized has keys to the room, or that someone within the apartment complex stole my bike. I searched the rest of the basements in the apartment complex; my bike was not there. I've filed a police report, and reported the theft to my landlord, who has promised to contact the City of Evanston Police Department about strengthening the security of the bike storage area.

Bike was stolen between noon and 4:00 PM in front of a busy building with tons of foot traffic. Bike was locked closest to the building with a Kryptonite cable lock. Building employees remarked that such conspicous thefts are quite common. Use a Ulock!