Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Bike stored in garage. Neighbor that shares garage may have inadvertently left door open last night. Received a knock on our front door this morning notifying us that our garage door was open. The bicycle and our small camping axe were the only things noticed to be missing, though my car was searched as well.

They used a stick to get leverage and bust the lock

The morning of the incident, I found my cable bike lock cut and on the pavement next to the stairwell. My bike had been attached by U-Lock to one of the wooden posts on the stairwell and the post had been unscrewed and left on the side of the building. I locked up the bike the night before without any incident and woke up the next morning to find it gone. There was a green bike next to another stairwell in the alley that was not locked up at all and was untouched when I returned that evening.

Bike last seen on Sep 10, 2013. It was looked in a bike storage area in the apartment.

The bike was locked at the Barrington Train Station (Metra). I think the bike was stolen in early afternoon. There was another bike already in my location when I returned at 8:45pm.

Locked my bike to street sign ("pay for parking") on Hubbard near Clark intersection (near Boss bar). Returned a few hours later and both bike and lock were gone. The bike settings were set for a very tall person. There is a red reflector on the back of the bike (under the seat) and a battery powered flashing headlight attached to the front handlebars.

The bike was in my garage, the door did not close properly and re-opened.

Has a key and self locking mechanism

Bike stored on enclosed porch facing rear alley. Door closed but no deadlock.

Bike was locked up outside Belden Racine Residence Hall on Depaul University Lincoln Park Campus.

The bikes were stored in a garage, which is normally locked. The garage door had a plastic wrapper stuck to the outside bottom such that when the door neared the ground, the wrapper tripped the sensor and the door re-opened.

Bike was on 2nd floor porch only accessible through locked gate. Was stolen sometime during the night. Thief would have had to scale fence and lift bike over it since gate must be unlocked by key from both inside and outside.

Bike was locked in front of Crate & Barrel at North and Halsted, along with many other bikes. Only mine was stolen.

My boyfriend bought me the bike this past weekend, I don't own a lock yet so we shared one. He took his with him on his bike to work today. I was home all day and it was in my clear site. I left the kitchen (that is off the back patio where there's a wooden enclosed private fence stretching 10 feet high) for a short time. when I came back it was gone. We are on the 1st floor. There is a locked entry/exit on both front and back of apartment. When I came out to investigate, the back door that auto locks from the inside when closed was wide open and a cement block was on the ground propping it from closing. Knocked on the neighbors doors, out of the 5 units on either side only 2 were home and they reported no knowledge or any suspicious activity or ever in the 2 years they've lived here. Couldn't see any signs of breaking and entering either. Someone came up to our porch and stole it making a hasty escape through the backdoor leaving it open.

African American male in late teens or early 20s walked up to my bike and ran off with it. I was unable to exit the building fast enough to reach him, but I saw it happen from inside through a large window.

I believe my bike was taken between the hours of 7:30p and 10P upon returning from a running group meetup and event from Benchmark. I saw the u-lock still attached to the pole with a part of the cable still attached to the lock. The person likely cut through the cable and took the bike since I did not have the u-lock on the frame but only on the cable that day. It was possible that the person rode away from north ave, towards w eugenie st, to avoid being seen by a busy street due to a part of a velcro attached to my cable was found farther down the street away from where my bike was locked.

Locked on fence in Humbolt Park during riot fest. I lost my keys at the fest, and was unable to bike home that night. Next day it was gone.

My bike was secured to my roof rack, i pulled in to a fast food restaurant and ran in, i ordered and kept glancing at the bike from the window inside, and went to wait in line. I came out and it was gone. Some people on the street said they saw the bike get taken, and have seen the person take bikes before. One of the witnesses suggested I offer them money to help me find them, at that point i stopped talking to them. Drove around the area for a bit, and saw nothing of my bike.