Articles that Ben has written have been covered on CNN, Popular Mechanics, Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, Autoweek Magazine, Wired Magazine, Autoblog, Gear Patrol, Jalopnik, The Verge, and many more. Silodrome was founded by Ben back in 2010, in the years since the site has grown to become a world leader in the alternative and vintage motoring sector, with well over a million monthly readers from around the world and many hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
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Mad Max Interceptor Pursuit Special – The Perfect Daily Driver For 2020
The Mad Max Interceptor is one of the most famous cars in cinema history, and deservedly so. The car was officially named the…
Whiskey Peaks – Glasses With Topographic Impressions Of The Rocky Mountains
This set of four glasses from Whiskey Peaks each has a topographic impression of the Rocky Mountains in its base, with a different…
Project Car: An Original Detroit Electric – A 100% Electric Car From 1922
The Detroit Electric was a 100% electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit from 1907 to 1939. At the…
Danner Mountain Pass Boots – Winter-Ready With Gore-Tex + 200G Thinsulate Insulation
The new Danner Mountain Pass boots were developed by the Oregon-based company to provide comfortable, warm boots for use during the cooler months….
Prince’s Purple Rain Tour Bus Is For Sale
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen many of us spend much of 2020 in full or partial lockdown, this has of course led to an…
The Legendary Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle Toy Is Back In Production – $39.95 USD
The Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle was one of the most lusted after toys of the 1970s, it features a motorcycle with Evel Knievel…
The Unusual Porsche 911 SC 3.1 – The Car With The Secret Engine Option
Those who are familiar with the history of the Porsche 911 are often unfamiliar of two or three special models that largely remain…
The Yamaha PW50 Apparel Collection by We Went Fast
This is the new three piece apparel collection by the team at We Went Fast, it celebrates the mighty little Yamaha PW50 on…
The Rare Hesketh Vampire – The Ill-Fated Saviour Of The British Motorcycle Industry
The Hesketh Vampire, and its predecessor the Hesketh V1000, were developed to revive the glory days of the British motorcycle industry. It’s widely…
The New Nexx X.G100 Score Helmet – Vintage Stying + Modern Protection
This is the new Nexx X.G100 Score helmet, the team at Nexx explain that it was developed to blend the styling of the 1950s…
Film: Through the Darién Gap with Helge Pedersen (by Motorcycle)
Helge Pedersen is one of the world’s preeminent overland motorcycle adventurers, he’s ridden extensively on six continents and in this film he recounts…
The Bultaco Sherpa – A Spanish Two-Stroke That Forever Changed The World (Of Trials)
The Bultaco Sherpa would prove to be one of the most consequential motorcycles of the 1960s, it seemingly came out of nowhere to…