Mountain bike workshop, Queenstown, New Zealand
Schist Cycle Works
A premium mountain bike repair and servicing workshop in Queenstown, New Zealand, with transparent pricing and online booking.


The prompt
Create an award-winning website for a premium mountain bike repair and servicing workshop in Queenstown, New Zealand. Use bold editorial typography, cinematic alpine photography, rugged industrial aesthetics, and vibrant orange accents. Feature immersive scroll animations, a dynamic services section, transparent pricing, and effortless online bookings.
The direction it chose
Queenstown schist, split on its grain, shapes every part
Research turned the prompt into an art direction before anything was drawn: one idea that every photograph, layout and interaction on the site had to serve.
First a picture, then a website.
Before writing any code, Unvop rendered the homepage as a finished design. Then it measured that picture, transcribed its words and built the real, responsive page to match. Drag to compare.


Every page, written in full.
The navigation in the design became real pages, each with its own sections, copy, search title and description.
- /HomePremium mountain bike repair and servicing in Queenstown, New Zealand, with prices up front and booking online. Book your service online.5 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /servicesMountain bike repair and servicingMountain bike repair and mountain bike servicing at Schist Cycle Works in Queenstown: suspension, brakes, drivetrain, wheels, tubeless and custom builds. Transparent pricing, booked online.6 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /pricingPricing: see the price before you bookTransparent pricing: you see the price before you book. Essential Service, Performance Service and Complete Overhaul, plus repairs priced before work starts, in Queenstown.4 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /bookBook your service onlineBook your mountain bike service online with Schist Cycle Works in Queenstown, New Zealand. Transparent pricing: you see the price before you book.4 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /workshopThe workshop in QueenstownSchist Cycle Works is a premium mountain bike repair and servicing workshop in Queenstown, New Zealand, with prices up front and booking online.5 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /contactContact the workshopAsk Schist Cycle Works a question before you book. Premium mountain bike repair and servicing in Queenstown, New Zealand, with prices up front and booking online.4 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /journalJournalPractical mountain bike advice from Schist Cycle Works in Queenstown, New Zealand: pre-season checks, local trail wear and suspension service intervals.4 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /privacyPrivacyHow Schist Cycle Works uses the details you send through the booking and contact forms: to confirm your booking and reply to you, and never sold.4 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /journal/pre-season-service-checklistA pre-season service checklist for riding Queenstown's trailsA practical pre-season checklist for Queenstown riders: tyres and sealant, brakes, drivetrain, suspension, bearings and pivots, dropper post, and when to book a service.3 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /journal/schist-dust-and-wet-descentsHow schist dust and wet descents wear your drivetrain and brakes, and when to service themHow schist dust and wet descents in Queenstown wear your chain, cassette, jockey wheels, pads, rotors and brake fluid, the signs to look for, and when to book a service.4 sections (opens in a new tab)
- /journal/suspension-service-intervalsHow often to service suspension forks and shocks when you ride most weekendsHow often to service your mountain bike fork and shock if you ride most weekends around Queenstown: lower leg versus full service, and the signs a service is due.4 sections (opens in a new tab)
The system it made.
Colour
- ground
#e0e4e3 - panel
#c0c3c3 - ink
#15181a - accent
#ef6a28 - accent deep
#d96327 - muted ink
#3d4148
Type
- DisplayInter Tight
- TextInter
Forms
- Book a serviceNameEmailPhone (optional)ServiceYour bike (make, model, fork and shock)Preferred drop-off dateTell us about your bike (optional)
- ContactNameEmailMessage
Every submission goes to the CRM, with an automatic reply.
Then it reviewed its own work.
Once the site was live, every page was opened at five screen widths and measured: text that overlaps, clips or runs off the screen, contrast on the real pixels, images against the design. An agent per page fixed what it found, then every page was measured again.
- Pages audited at once
- 10
- Fixes made
- 120
- Measured layout faults removed
- 96%
What got better
- Accessibility
What it fixed
- Text overlap
- Text offscreen
- Low contrast
- Tiny tracked uppercase labels
- Text covered