"I was notified that someone had seen it and we went to the location and recovered it - less than 24hrs after I'd posted it stolen!"

"Amazing story. The bike was spotted by someone watching a local news story about a person living in supportive housing, so they sent a screen grab to Project 529. The housing manager retrieved the bike and I had it in 2 days."

"VPD called me to say that they recovered my bike! They didn't provide much details, but said they found it on someone they were already arresting for something else by the waterfront station."

"We saw someone riding it as we were leaving the store. We politely explained the situation and provided our registration certificate to the man. That was enough to recover our bicycle. Thank you 529 Network."

"Police did a search warrant on an address and found lots of bikes. They used 529 Garage to look for bikes of the description of my bike and found me through that."

"Bike was taken into a shop to get worked on and the shop ran the serial numbers to find the police file. They called me and I picked it up! Huge thanks to West Point Cycles! Thanks for taking the time to run those numbers."

"Police saw post on Project 529, then saw my bike in downtown kitchener."

"I saw it outside on 11 & Market with all but my 529 sticker scratched off. And contacted police, who called in fire dept to cut Trusty free!"

"Condensed version, another bike enthusiast recognized my bike from the pictures he had seen on 529 and got in touch with me from my information on the website."

"A resident a mile away from where the bike was stolen saw a man on his Ring camera stashing my son's bike in his yard. He found our stolen bike report and contacted us. We recovered the bike less than 24 hours after reporting it stolen."

"Officer Greaves, a cyclist who himself uses 529 network, checked the network and found serial number"

"Apartment mgr had trouble tenants that left, but they had stored my bike in the bike locker and the mgmt would not let them in ( left due to other stolen bikes). Now they had to use the registries to find out the owner and I got a text today!!"

"It was for sale on Facebook marketplace. Someone who had seen my post on Project 529 texted me to let me know. Bike sold before I could get it. Guy who bought it looked it up on project 529, saw my post + returned bike to me."

"I was contacted by an employee at a local bike shop who had checked the serial number of a bike brought in for a repair - it was mine! 1.5 years later, not in the best shape, but repairable."

"Someone tried to sell my bike at a pawn shop. Pawn shop checked serial and found my bike marked as stolen on project 529. Pawn shop called me to let me know they have my bike."

"After reporting stolen here, I posted the stolen page to a Facebook neighborhood group. A neighbor noticed it in their backyard - must have been stashed there. 529 helped by letting me quickly create the stolen alert page."

"I received a call from the property department from SFPD and they informed me that they found my bike and was able to contact me because I had it registered and had reported it stolen with 529."

"Neighbors spotted the bikes in the hands of tweakers and called the police. Police could see project529.com alert! Kudoos to the neighbors!"