Bike Recoveries

Contacted on Wednesday 25.1.2023 - bike found a year and half after going missing which is a wonderful surprise and besides a flat tyre it is in great condition! Thanks Police Scotland for getting it back for me

Matt Cockerill posted in the stolen bikes group saying found and stored

Was contacted by BikeRegister to inform me my bike had been recovered by university staff and has been there since few days after being stolen. Still in new condition too.

Local police contacted me after finding the bike with someone with stolen bikes.

Arrest make with him after trying to sell it on Facebook.

A member of the public found the bike and reported it to the Police, using the register ID they contacted me and brought the bike to my house. This was approximately a week after it was stolen from outside a cafe in the centre of Bristol.

Thief had it for sale on FB marketplace so I got all his details and went to the police station and they recovered it

I saw it with people and took it back

Recovered from a residential address. Thank you.

Contacted by someone who bought it via facebook marketplace , checked the stolen bikes websites, saw it was recorded as stolen and contacted us.

RECOVERED - Genesis Broadway My bike got stolen on the 30th of July around Parker's Piece and regent Street. i posted this on the group on the 31st, lodge a police report and indicated the bike as stolen on bike register. I also regularly checked for the bike of Facebook marketplace and gumtree. Two and half months later ( last Tuesday 4/10), the bike was advertised of the FB marketplace and Cambridge selling page at different prices £300, £200 and £150 ( a bike initially worth £750). The same morning i was tipped off by a potential buyer who gave me the address of the seller. As i had done some precise modifications on the bike i instantaneously recognised it though the front wheel (WTB tyre originally but replaced with a triban road bike tyre) was no longer the same ( important for later). I then contacted Omar and the police to inform them of the situation. The latter said they would review the situation ( after an hour of waiting on the phone) and didn't have the resources to act immediately. Omar contacted the seller the next day and demanded that the bike be returned immediately but they had already sold it to a stranger in front of a random shop in Arbury. My brother and i went there in person and demanded the bike. But the guy seems to genuinely claim that he bought if off someone and didn't know it was stolen and had sold it on to a completely stranger. He pleaded to give him until Friday to try to find it back otherwise he would refund the bike's value. We showed compassion for his family situation and agreed to this deal which we got in writing. And i updated the police with this new information. Switch to Friday, the seller said he found the buyer who lives 15 mins out of Cambridge and gave us the latter's address and told us to collect it there. he said it was no longer his problem and he wouldn't pay for it ( with all the insults while we never used any form of threats or vulgar language). Through screenshots he sent us, it was clear that this was a deal he made through the marketplace ( not a random stranger) and had the address of the buyer from the beginning. Had he given us this information on Wednesday, i would have recovered the bike on the same day and saved us all this trouble. Omar was able to contact the ‘buyer’ who was duped into believing that they had purchased it for £700 only recently. Though suspicious in the beginning ( I don't blame him), he agreed to return the bike. We met him on Wednesday ( 12/10) and recovered the bike by refunding him £150 from our pocket. AND he also gave me my original wheel ( WTB) and front mudguard which he got from the seller. The seller has agreed to refund us the £150 on the 25th of this month in exchange that we don't share their details. PAYMENT WAS DONE! My take on all of this, if there's a next time, be stern to get your property back and don't show too much compassion. The police won't be as reactive as we wished they would be as recovering stolen bike is not a priority despite being given all evidence and exact addresses.

The bike was brought back to a brush near my house. The tracker must have went off and scared the thieves, who abandoned the bike near where they stole it.

Someone purchased your bike and saw the Bike Register markings and upon checking that has found the bike to be stolen and has brought the bike to Twickenham Police Station

By the police within 10 mins of 999