StarCycle®website-platform concept by NorthBorereply YES to gopal@northbore.com
Functional AND beautiful — the brief, built

One brand.
Every studio.

Clip in. Check out. Let's Ride.

StarCycle runs 14 candlelit studios across 6 states on one aging WordPress site — every new location hand-built by a dev. This concept turns it into a platform: launch studio #15 from a form, not a ticket. Same brand, finally built to scale.

14 → ∞
Studios, one codebase
60s
To launch a new studio
45 min
Of beat. Booked inline.
9:41
★ Find a studio
a dance party on a bike —

and everyone
is invited.

Book your first ride — $15
45-min ride
14studios
on-demand
9:41
★ Portland, OR

StarCycle Portland

4133 N Williams Ave · Portland, OR
★ StarKids LoungeShoe rentalsOn-demand
Today's rides
6:00a
Beat45 · SunriseChelsea · 4 bikes left
Book
9:15a
Rhythm RideTaylor · sold out
Waitlist
5:30p
Beat45 · CandlelitMolly · 9 bikes left
Book
★ New rider? First 45-min ride is $15 — booked right here.
9:41
★ New studio
Launch studio #15Auto-saving
StarCycle Boise
Building location page14%
★ Studio #15 is live — no dev ticket

The homepage, on the exact brand — candlelit, beat-driven, mobile-first.

Pulled from StarCycle's own site

The brand looks right. The site doesn't work like a 14-studio engine.

A fast-scaling franchise is running on a 2020 WordPress starter theme with Angular widgets bolted on and booking iframed away. Here's what breaks at scale — and what the platform does instead.

Today
Every new studio is a hand-built page. Studio #15 = a dev ticket.
One CMS record → an SEO-optimized location page auto-generates. Launching is a form entry.
Today
Booking forces riders off the homepage into a separate Marianatek flow.
Marianatek booking + the $15-first-ride offer embedded inline. No jarring hand-off.
Today
No self-serve way for a franchisee to edit their schedule, instructors or promos.
An owner dashboard — edit your page, schedule and bios without touching code.
Today
On-demand still runs on a COVID-era "email your Gmail for the link" workaround.
On-Demand gated cleanly behind a real login. Retail + Own-A-Studio funnel built in.
The platform

Built to scale with the franchise

Location-aware

One templated page per studio, auto-generated from a CMS record — address, schedule, instructors, StarKids hours.

Inline booking

Geolocated "find a studio & book a ride" with Marianatek embedded — plus a cross-studio membership prompt.

Owner dashboard

Each franchisee edits their own page, schedule, instructor bios and local promos — no dev, no code, no ticket.

Growth funnel

On-Demand gated cleanly, WooCommerce retail, and an Own-A-Studio flow that captures franchise leads.

One real studio page

Portland, OR — auto-built from one record

Real address (4133 N Williams Ave), real instructors (Chelsea, Taylor, Molly), real amenities (StarKids Play Lounge, shoe rentals). On the live platform this whole page comes from a single CMS entry — change the schedule once and it's live, SEO and all.

Inline ride bookingMarianatek, no hand-off
$15 first rideOffer surfaced in-page
StarKids hoursPer-studio childcare
Instructor biosOwner-editable
★ Coverage · 6 states
OREGON WASHINGTON CALIFORNIA MINNESOTA VIRGINIA COLORADO ON-DEMAND · ANYWHERE
Where StarCycle rides

14 studios · 6 states · ~22% YoY growth

From the Lake Oswego HQ outward — and on-demand everywhere. The platform makes each new market a record, not a rebuild.

OregonPortland · Lake Oswego (HQ) · Bend · Eugene · Happy Valley
WashingtonVancouver · Felida · Kennewick · Yakima · West Seattle
California & ColoradoSanta Barbara · Denver
Minnesota & VirginiaHopkins · Chesapeake — actively franchising nationwide
Own-a-studio · and the RFP

Launch a studio in 60 seconds, not a sprint

This is the concept preview for Hanna's open RFP — a multi-location StarCycle platform that's functional AND beautiful. Reply and we'll walk the full build: homepage, the Portland page, the owner dashboard, and the launch flow.

On the exact brand — purple #672E9B, tan #C68D53, the star ★ device, Montserrat + script accents.
Headless / Next.js (or modern block WP) front-end that reskins the 2020 theme and keeps Marianatek + WooCommerce.
One flat price quoted up front. You own it. Don't like it? You owe nothing.
Reply YES to the RFP ★
PREVIEW · unsolicited concept by NorthBore · not affiliated with StarCycle®