Chicago Stolen Bike Registry

Left my bike in front of Trim (next to Red Hen Bakery) in the morning to open up shop, and forgot to lock it. I left the U Lock on the rack. It was 8 hours later that I realized that I didn't lock it- it was gone by that time.

My bike was in an enclosed back patio area which is shared with neighbors in my building, and is only accessible through a heavy locked gate from the alleyway. The bike was locked to itself. I remember seeing my bike the night of September 10th. When I went downstairs I noticed that the lock on the gate had been broken and my bike was missing. There was also broken glass and a stranded red backpack at the scene.

Locked in dedicated enveloping bike rack at remote out-of-the-way parking lot at train station.

Lock cut and bike gone from my house overnight

I left my bike locked overnight in front of the student meeting / socializing / eating facility on the campus of IIT called the MTCC, or the McCormick Tribune Campus Center, and it was missing in the morning when I went to leave for class. I think the cable lock I used was cut and the bike was stolen, also the camera above the area where it was at HAPPENS to not be functioning anymore.

Bike was locked during business hours in busy loop location adjacent to a bus stop. It shared a rack with another bike which was unharmed.

The bike was locked on the street side of the bike rack closest to the Art Institute main staircase.

Bike was one of three bikes stolen (others include women's blue schwinn roadbike with orange tape and a newer men's brown schwinn) from the locked garage. The overhead door was likely pried open. The perps also stole some power tools (sander, drill, and jigsaw). We think they must have had a truck to get away with all the stuff without being noticed and wouldn't be surprised if it was someone in the neighborhood. There is no reason for someone to target our place over any of the others on the block unless they had already seen what we had inside it (which was basically everything they took).

Bike was one of three bikes stolen (others include old gray miyata road bike and a newer men's brown schwinn) from the locked garage. The overhead door was likely pried open. The perps also stole some power tools (sander, drill, and jigsaw). We think they must have had a truck to get away with all the stuff without being noticed and wouldn't be surprised if it was someone in the neighborhood. There is no reason for someone to target our place over any of the others on the block unless they had already seen what we had inside it (which was basically everything they took).

i forgot my bike outside, in my driveway and it was stolen

I locked the bike to a City of Chicago lighting box (black painted and about 6 ft tall, couple feet wide at the top) around 7pm. came back down from a friends apartment and it was gone. no sign of the bike or the lock.

Stolen from an unlocked garage in broad daylight. Other neighbors lost more, including iPods and cash from gym bags, which were also taken. We speculate my bike became the getaway vehicle, so someone probably saw the thief peddling away with at least one gym bag, which would have appeared odd in our suburban neighborhood.

My lock was old and probably needed to be replaced. I'm not sure exactly how it was defeated.

Seems bike was traded off with another Raleigh left in alley. Conveniently enough a junk man came by a couple hours later and picked that one up. Had at least two others in the back of truck. I am not buying that all these bikes were just thrown out.

The bike was stored in a locked bike storage room in Park Place Tower. I last rode the bike on August 8, 2011, and noticed it missing on September 4, 2011. The bike was taken, along with the U-lock, with no trace of any cutting or removing of cables/locks/tires/etc. Any help in locating this bike (which was just purchased 3 months ago) is greatly appreciated!

I locked my bike in front of Filter at 7 pm. I used a cable through my back wheel and attached it to the u-lock, which was through the front wheel and frame, and locked to the bike rack. After Filter closed at 9 pm I went in a friend's car to get dinner elsewhere. When I returned the bike was gone and the lock was left, cut.

somebody must have jumped the fence in my yard and taken int from our balcony. i was at work at the time, it was midday.

My bike was on the third floor of a locked porch in a locked yard for about 5 hours only access is through a stairway that leads to a the locked door. Must have climbed the railing from the stairs to access the porch. from talking to neighbors their were people moving out and in in the near area.

Bike was locked outside of a DePaul university residence hall. Two bikes were chained together and to a bike rack, through both of the frames and front wheels. The lock was cut and the second bike was moved a few feet away and the lock was put back around it. The other bike was taken.

My boyfriend rode the bike and locked it to the bike racks almost directly in front of the Irving Park Blue line station around noon on August 26th. When he came back from work around 9:00 that same day, the bike was missing along with lock. There was no employee at the station at the time he arrived and he couldn't locate anyone to talk to for about ten minutes at which point he decided to leave. The bicycle seat had been taken with him at the time of lock-up and I currently have possession of it. It is the original bike seat and has the Giant logo on it.