Bike Recoveries

Contacted by a member of public who said they had seen it went down and collected

I found it in facebook marketplace

Noticed bike locked to stand outside Royal Standard pub in Cambridge. Applied lock and left contact details. Bike had been purchased in good faith by worker at the pub from an individual frequently identified as seller of stolen bicycles, Sophie Louise, partner of Darren Valentine (also frequently identified as seller of stolen bicycles). Purchase was made via Facebook Marketplace.

The bike was sold on via Gumtree and then re-registered on The Bike Register. The police managed to contact the new owner and return the bike.

Recovered from the thief

The police would not help me. They take their time and are on holiday while they do not care about my bike. I advertised it here and on other sites and a person who found it in a bush next to Bluewater contacted me and I gave him a finder's reward.

The bike was found down the road by my girlfriend. It was still attached to the railings which had been torn off the wall to get to it. It is known why the thief gave up but I am relieved.

Bike was found in a well known thief's address and ai was contacted when it was recovered by the police

It was found at the scene of the break in on a building site, after two suspects had fled with a collection of tools and equipment. My bike was left behind, along with another. By quoting the frame serial number, we were able to confirm that it was indeed my bike.

A month and a half after the theft the police updated me that a suspect had been taken into custody but when they searched his house there were no bikes. 3 days later I saw an ebay ad for my bike from the local Cash converters. I reported it to the police but in the meantime my partner went down to the shop. He got told that someone had handed it in to be serviced and then not picked it up in the designated time frame so they were auctioning it off. When my partner showed the stolen bike ad I had made, he had enough proof and the people at the store handed the bike over. It has been serviced and I have got it back in a better condition than I had it stolen (minus one bike lock)

An honest eBay bike purchaser, checked the model on the Bike-Register. Some stickers had been removed, but found it matched the unique description and Serial Nos of bike & parts .

Found on gumtree.. Seller gave bike back

Found dumped in an alley way

Spotted my bike parked locally. Ran home and returned with my new bike lock and attached it to my stolen bike. Left a note telling the thief to remove their lock. Returned the next day after contacting police to find the thief had removed their lock and left my bike alone.