Maker Faire Rochester 2025

World's End Cycles & more

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World's End Cycles & more will be showing an antique Steampunk sidecar e-bike, an electric longtail cargo/adventure bike and a Steampunk inspired freeze drier with candy samples. Slide shows of a home-school shop class projects will be on display.

World's End Cycles & more - Maker Faire Rochester 2024

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Jim Belknap Maker Photo

Jim Belknap

Jim Belknap is an avid cyclist and builder/fixer of all things. He has been teaching a home-school shop class since his retirement and has built many different projects with the help of the students as they experience hands on skills. Many of his projects are alternative energy or recycling/repurposing of old or discarded items.

What Inspired You to Make This?

I have a few e-bikes and wanted to make something completely from scratch that was exactly what I wanted. The Steampunk bike grew in the building of it. The freeze drier was something I wanted and was too cheap to buy it, so I had my shop class build it from other projects and parts and, in the process, learn the principles of vacuum and refrigeration.

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