TREK 820
Spoon fed the Police lots of info and had them recover it. Frame number and fact I had different valve on wheels helped massively.
Carrera bicycles Vendetta
Bike discovered after enquiries at local schools in the area. Had been purchased by students parents from criminal entity.
Halfords Carerra valour
I put a strong message out to as many sites as I could and it worked, some 16 yr old scrotum that stole it has returned it to my house (lucky for him I’m at work) it just shows how fast social media works big thank you to all the spread the message
Voodoo Bantu
I found who had it and purchased it back for less than the insurance cost to claim.
Trek Zektor 3
Had my bike frame registered on bikeregister.com Found it being sold online on findthatbike.co.uk Kept in contact with the police, who ultimately recovered it.
Halfords Pendleton
Bike was dumped just round corner from our house. A neighbour had found it and kept it in his shed whilst he tried to track down the owner via lost properties sites etc. Happy ending, but very lucky!
Genesis CDA 10 2016
Found on eBay! On sale in a local pawn shop
Specialized Dolce Sport
An advert for it for sale was spotted on Facebook marketplace. The seller had bought it from a scrap merchant. Very kindly the seller, who was unaware it was stolen, returned it with no issue. A good outcome.
Cube Reaction Hybrid
The police recovered the bike, the thief is now in prison.
Cross CRX500 700c Hybrid Bike
On that day when the bike was stolen I saw a guy who ride on my bike. I'm not a "fighter" but I took it back. The bike has a damaged transmission/drivetrain system and a lot of scratches (it was one week old that time).