TEN said "This auction amazes me. 90+% of stolen bikes never get recovered because they can not be found or traced for whatever reason, yet the Kiwanis Club always seems to have hundreds of unclaimed bikes to sell. It begs the question. Is there ever really any effort made to match them up with the original owners? "
That's probably because 90% of owners don't record their bicycles serial numbers, or don't report the theft because they don't expect the bikes to be found.