If you’re into cycling, you know how expensive it can be to replace a stolen bike. Typically, police departments do not make bike recovery a high priority and the odds of finding the bike are pretty low. Thieves often “chop shop” the bikes for components or quickly sell them online.
There is one free and easy service you can use to help yourself and your clients recover a bike if it is stolen. It’s called Bike Index. According to their website:
“The Bike Index makes stolen bikes harder to sell and easier to recover by making sure important information about your bike is there when you need it the most. The process is simple, secure, and free. So far we’ve registered 123,882 bikes and recovered 3,931 stolen bikes.”
The service is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is used by police departments, bike shops, and cycling enthusiasts everywhere. Have a bike you love? Register it today!
