Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

my bike was locked to a bike rack with about 5 other bikes. the area is frequented by office workers on smoking breaks and by the students of harrington school of design. someone must have come by when no one else was around and found a way to steal my bike.

Bike was locked up to parking sign directly in front of heavily trafficed apartment building. There was some construction on on side oe the sidewalk so traffic was being interrupted. Soon after dark the bike was lifted.

The attached picture of the bike was taken from the Iron Horse website as I never took a picture of my bike before it was stolen. The only difference between the picture and my bike is that the front shocks on my bike were grey\silver. I arrived at the X-Sport on 3240 N. Ashland at 9:30 AM on Saturday 9/15/2007 and locked my bike to a big tree in front of X-Sport. I came outside approx 10:45 and discovered it was stolen. The Kryptonite combination cable lock was cut and left wrapped around the tree and obviously the bike was gone. There are many bikes parked\locked in front of this location and a lot of foot traffic in this area. It was a bright and sunny day when this occurred.

the bike was stolen

Bike was stolen in the middle of the day. The surveilance tape showed it to be a african american with a backpack.

I rode my bike to work, locked it up on the sidewalk to a bike rack as I've done all Summer and came out of my office around 3 pm to discover the bike was gone.

I parked my bike on our porch, but had a rough day and after carrying in the groceries I completely spaced and forgot to run back out and lock up the bike. Shame on me! Needless to say, they got the lock and key as well.

Bike was locked to a wooden railing in my back yard. Theft occurred between 3 and 5 pm. Someone entered through the adjacent alley, gate was unlocked. Lock is missing also, wooden railing undamaged. Bike was frequently locked to the railing, and visible from the alley. Someone who had seen the bike before could have come back with a lock cutter.

Stolen from back yard

i locked up my bike in front of an arts supply store at 5.45pm at a fairly busy intersection (right next to the brown line L) in a commercial/residential downtown area and came back after a yoga class at 9.15pm found it gone, with the cut cable lock on ground. think the theft happened really fast because there's always people around - across the street from a bus and L stop, in front of a big, well-lit arts supply store. there was some construction at that end of the street, which meant pedestarian traffic was less than usual.

I have heard that U-locks that are the long size can be popped by a crowbar easily and think that may have happened because nothing was cut or disturbed in any way around the area where the bike was.

I locked up my bike, went in to toast my friend's birthday. Came back out and the street sign it had been securely locked to was now housing two different road bikes and my cruiser was gone. Filed a police report. Am now despondent.

I left the Bike unlocked in my Back yard...

Friends bicycle was left in front of the Damen Blue Line stop for a couple days. PLEASE HELP!

Bike lock was clipped, lock left on the ground. Someone obviously knew what they were doing. The cut on the lock had rusty residue on it, implying the tools used were old.

I had just finished a 3 hour workshop at Moksha when an acquaintence came in saying someone had stolen the back wheel off a bike parked outside while he was watching - that he tried to confront and intimidate the man into giving the bike back, but he didn't have a cell phone and didn't know what to do. I looked outside and realized my bike had been completely stolen, and another bike on the same rack had had its rear wheel stolen (I was unable to locate the owner of the other bike). The wheel thief is a 5'10 African-American man with dreadlocks, carrying the wheel and a plastic garbage bag. He was last seen heading southeast on Milwaukee Ave. I searched the surrounding area on foot as best I could, including an abandoned looking homeless camp-out area near where the interstate goes by.

The only people with access into our building are UPS, FedEX, and messengers. We know both our UPS and FedEX delivery people but it could have been a messenger... It also could have been someone who sees me ride everyday and bring my bike upstairs into our office. People can buzz up to an office and simply SAY, "FedEX" and usually be buzzed in with no questions asked. This could have been the situation.

Bike was left on the back porch while I was coming in and out to grill. The back porch faces the alley between Marshfield and Ashland.

I locked my bike and left it to go to an interview. When I came back in an hour it was gone. No one in the area had noticed anything. It happened right in the middle of the day. The bike is not easy to conceal as it is a big mountain bike.

Our automatic garage door opener was unknowingly & accidentally triggered.Opening the garage door late at night.Easy access for theives.