Ridgeback Supernova
Very grateful to an Edinburgh resident who noticed a bike appear in his area, and took the time to check this site. I did not have the frame number, so he questioned me carefully to ascertain if I was really the owner. Some of what I was saying didn...
Planet X Planet X Pro Carbon Shimano Sora R3000 Road Bike
I identified the unique traits of the bike people might use when trying to sell the bike. Make, Frame size, colour etc. And searched your standard websites for moving stolen goods. Ebay / Craig List / Gumtree and Facebook Market. I then set it up so ...
Boardman Bikes Mth 8.9
Police officer Christian works in Stoke Newington police station discovered my bike and recovered to me. Thanks to him.
Merida Bikes Ride Juliet 400
We found it on Facebook market place an went to recover as w had proof it was ours and had been stolen
Ambrosio Solaro
Complete fluke luck I saw the bike chained up on a railing in my city that it was stolen from. It had the same bike lock that was broken into fakery wrapped around it. Never found the culprit, so lucky for them I guess, I might have broken their n...
Raleigh Array E Lowstep 20
Thankfully a member of the public noticed the bike abandoned behind some dumpsters and matched it with the posts I had made on social media.
BENNO BIKES Boost E 10D
Registered it as stolen on all sites, posting in maaany FB groups (cycling/selling/residential neighbourhood groups in the theft area), put up posters even. Monitored all online selling sites and it showed up on Shpock a week later, still in London a...
Carrera bicycles Virtuoso 2020 Women's Road Bike
The person selling my bike on gumtree had bought it off the people (presumingly) who stole the bike originally. I was able to recover it once I gave him the serial number to prove it was mine. The police were absolutely no help.
Aphelion 1962
Found 2 streets away chained on sidewalk. Called police that I found it. They told me that they can't help me to cut the chain but if I can cut it - do it. So I did. Bike is damaged and scratched and over all sad looking I will give it good shower, o...
Merida Bikes Matts
Relentless searching between sites. After four days the bike was put onto Facebook Marketplace under a different name. Police recovered it. Note: be aware that the person who has your bike may not be the one that stole it - there are a lot of people...