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I've been a regular at Deptford Market for the past year, going most Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays around 7.30-9am. I never got the impression it's a market for stolen bikes.
It's the same traders week in, week out, and there are often market inspectors about. The house-clearance guys at the start of Douglas Way by the park, and at the other end in the square, have been working the market for decades and I'm sure are not in the market for stolen bikes.
You do sometimes see bikes sold by the stalls towards the end of Douglas Way just before it meets the square, near the video games & white-goods stalls. Mostly they look like beat-up old BMXs, hybrids, etc. It's very rare to see a fixed or single-speed. But if ever a stolen bike was sold on the market - which again I think would be a rare occurence - that's where I'd expect to see it.