Trek Lexa SL
The police arrested the thief from CCTV images, who admitted to selling the bike to Cash Converters. They were able to go to the store and recover it along with the other bikes that were taken at the same time.
Cube AMS 110 SL 18 full Sus 2012
I bombarded Facebook and asked to share photos and info. Had it back within the week.....
Revolution Track Single Speed
Bike was reported to the police and then 2 months later we received a call from them as someone had found it outside their house in an alleyway and handed it into the police since it 'looked expensive'. The bike was brand new when it was stolen and w...
Trek 7.3
British Transport Police found the bike for sale on gumtree a few days after it had been stolen. The thief had cut my bike lock, cycled down to the local train station (cambridge) and was seen on cctv cameras.
Jamis
Found it on eBay a few days after it was stolen. It wasn't listed under the real name (Jamis Ventura), instead the name had been subtly changed to James Adventure - which had the intended affect of not being returned in my search for the real name...
United Recruit 18″ bmx
Was stolen by my neighbour! Shared lots of pictures on Facebook and eventually it was returned!
Battaglin C13
By pure chance a friend of a friend used to be a police officer. Her friend who is still in the force was responsible for the Tour de France coming through parts of West Yorkshire, he felt high thefts would cause bad publicity and was not impressed b...
Paul Milnes hybrid
Thank you to the British transport police for their efforts. Bike was found the following January after it was stolen in October but had remained unrideable mainly due to other projects. It will work again!!
Diamondback Outlook 2011
Found it where these chaps had stolen it.
Ridgeback Panorama
I listed the bike stolen, and had daily alerts emailed through Find That Bike. Found it listed on eBay, and contacted the police. They sent an officer posing as a buyer, and as soon as the bike was handed over, the seller was arrested.