vendetta stolen.
the teddington lock session

One of The KBP collective Adam, a man well known in the South London area as a part-time bearded gypsy was out at Teddington Lock dirt jumps, trying to imagine what it would be like to session his Vendetta on the jumps, when an unsavoury incident occured. Taking Without Official Consent or plain old theft!

Some feral rippers 'borrowed' his bike from under his nose and gave it a 'proper seeing to' on the jumps.

Adam was obviously distressed by the incident but a spokesmen for his Vendetta said 'it wasn't a problem as the bike was more than happy to be ridden properly for once.'

Here's some pictures of the incident, if you recognise any of the rippers in the photos please give Teddington Police a call as Adam wants his bike back.

Here's what the rippers had to say about the Vendetta

Ripper 1.

hey kingdom bikes one of your guys was down adam he had one of the proto's down i gotta say he let a couple of us have ride to give him back feedback and so heres some feedback from my self
 
riding the jumps on the bike felt like heaven being titanuim its more forgiving riding some more it felt very nimble very quick and just floats through the air and took it for little drops and stuff felt so good smooth as a baby's bumb thats it for now as i was taking it in turns with a friend thanks kingsley.
 
pro's:
light weight
welding finishing is great
stiff
nimble
fast
 
con's
non replaceable hanger
tight tire clearence (adam told me this was sort now)
no alu frame available yet
adjustable drop outs

Ripper 2.

I thought the frame geometry for the vendetta - v1 was perfect for its intended uses,though when i rode it had 120-30mm of travel? i think it should be ridden with about 100-110mm, thought its a very light frame i thought it had a very solid feel to it and i would definitely buy one if i had the money.
I found as soon as i started riding the frame it felt like i had been all day,i got used to it immediately and due to it being so light pedaling was effortless and got enough speed to hit the jumps in just a few cranks.

If you guys are to make a aluminum/chromoly dirt jump/4x frame id say maybe have horizontal dropouts and like NSbikes have done have chain tensioner's that also double up as hangers for gears,id be more than happy to test this frame if you make it ; )