Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

I had the bike parked inside of my friends garage, along with a few other bikes. We were indoors for about an hour or less. When we came back outside to go home we noticed that my bike was no longer there.

My bike was in the basement of a locked building (an 8 flat) in east bridgeport, which is its customary storage space and has been for some time. I was last seen around 8pm 11/1/11. This morning (~7am) it, and another nice(er), were gone, while all the other bikes in the basement remained. Some of the others are even more valuable, but perhaps too distinctive. None of the neighbors roadmasters etc were disturbed. The building showed no sign of forced entry. The only thing weird I can think of is that there were meter readers from ComEd in the basement Monday and Tuesday (day-of). They seemed legit, but maybe they were casing the place. Anyone else have a similar experience?

My bike, which had been u-locked outside my dorm on Sunday evening, was gone on Monday morning. The lock remained locked to the railing, but looked like one end had been tampered with.

Bike was inside a locked car from approximately 9 AM-4 PM on Tuesday, November 1, parked in broad daylight. At 4 PM, the back window of car was smashed out, and the bike was gone. Bar tape, stem, and wheels are different from those pictured in the photo. See description.

My bike was stolen from my garage on Halloween night, October 31st, 2011.

My bicycle was chained to a fence. Someone used a bolt cutter to cut through the cable, jumped my fence, and rode the bike away.

Bike stolen from inside the locked patio area of a 12-unit apartment building. Other tenants store their bikes here without locking them and I'd done this for months without a problem (a neighbor of mine stores his bike unlocked next to mine and his was not stolen). Best guess is that someone left the gate unlocked for a short time by accident. Hoping it wasn't a really despicable neighbor.

i live in a small apartment complex in Logan Square. my bike was locked to itself in the back courtyard, under the fire escape with the rest of the bicycles owned by tenants of the building. the area is locked and the gate is very hard to climb. however, i discovered after that the lock on the gate is broken. 2 other bikes have been taken as well.

I have locked the bike to this same signpost a dozen times without a problem. It's a sturdy, bolted-down post that showed no signs of having been tampered with. I'm guessing the U-Lock and cable was cut. There was nothing left behind at the scene. It is a residential area, directly in front of my friend's condo. We were 30 feet away, tops. There's a lot of traffic there as well. It must have been quick and clean.

Locked up at 10:00am outside of a class room at UIC, and was gone by 12:30.

The bike was locked to a tree on the sidewalk right outside the main entrance to The Gap at Broadway and Belmont.

Bike locked to metal fence outside restaurant along with 3 other bikes while we ate breakfast. Only mine was gone when we came out. Meanwhile hundreds of commuters were passing by, exiting Union Station. Nobody noticed.

I have no idea how the bike was stolen. It was locked to a street sign outside a large commercial building in downtown Chicago. The bike is very unique and recognizable. There are also specific updates that make it one of a kind.

Bike was propped against backyard fence in the driveway beside my house. Believed to still be in nearby area.

My daughter and I rode the tandem to the Lincoln Park Zoo at 11am on Oct 23rd. We locked it and our helmets to a chain fence near the bike rack on the East side with a padlock and steel cable. Two hours later we returned and everything was gone. It appeared the thief pulled the fence post out of the ground and was able to slip off the cable. I had forgotten to slide the cable through one of the wheels, and with the zoo so close to the lakefront path and the extensive park, I assume the thief just rode away. This is a very unique design, only two other people have a bike like this registered in the Chicagoland area.

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I was attending a conference at the Palmer House hotel yesterday. I left to get a drink on Michican Ave. with some fellow conference attendees around 10PM; on the way out of the hotel I looked across the street at the bike, and it was still there along with 3-4 other bikes locked on the same corner. We returned about 11:30, at which time my bike was gone -- as were all the other bikes that had been locked there.

I am a teacher and I locked my bike up before class began and noticed @ 11:30 that it was gone.

See related theft report for other bike #191956 2 Scott Aspects (this is my wife's bike, my Aspect 30 was also stolen in the same incident) bikes were chained with 2 combination cable locks to both the parking sign and each other in front of the Fox and Obel near the entrance on Illinois. The parking sign was welded and affixed to the base. Bikes were chained through front wheels, frame, and around pole to other bikes back tire. There were two bke racks- one on each side of the sign with older bikes already locked on them. While in the market (after 20 minutes) I looked out the window and saw several people standing by the bikes- I initially thought they were locking their bikes up, but decided to check on ours- by the time I walked back through the market and out the bistro door, both bikes were gone. The cable locks weren't very thick, I assume they were cut, but don't know as they were taken with the bikes. One of the guys I saw was wearing a hoody and a jean jacket. The other older bikes chained to the rack were still there. There is a park across the street, pretty sure someone was there scoping out the rack. This happened lightening fast on a moderately busy street / business area in front of a business in a nicer part of the city. Gotta believe this rack is cased out - as I see I'm not the first to have a bike poached here. Would love to set up a sting. Attached picture of us on the bikes was taken less than an hour before the theft... Aaaaah!

Pretty textbook - I locked my bike up through both wheels and the frame to a city bike rack at about midnight. Came out the next morning, bike was gone. I found part of the lock.