Bike Check: Norco's Blenkinsop Edition Runner 10

As many know, Norco Factory Team rider Sam Blenkinsop will not be at this weekend’s World Cup DH stop in Leogang, as he is headed back home to New Zealand to await the birth of his first child.

In light of this life milestone for Blenki and his fiancée Lysh, Norco Bicycles has created the Blenkinsop edition Runner 10, with a custom colourway and kitted out with Deity bars and grips, as well as help from RockShox and Maxxis, designed to match Sam's Aurum HSP 1 race bike.

Only one of these models has been made and will be given to Sam and Lysh after it serves as a placeholder for Sam's presence in the Norco Factory Team pit this weekend.

Look out world, the next generation Blenkinsop will be ripping it up in no time.