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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Roue CHR Chronograph
The Roue CHR Chronograph is designed to be worn daily, and it’s offered at a price point in the $250 USD range to ensure…
Tamarit Motorcycles Triumph Thruxton Custom
There’s something very appealing about a well-built Triumph Thruxton custom, it’s a bike that helped put Triumph on the map in the world of…
Tailfeather Goods: Handcrafted Kangaroo Leather Wallet
Each kangaroo leather wallet by Tailfeather Goods is handmade by husband and wife duo Scottie and Natalia in Australia. Kangaroo leather is highly prized…
1960 Chevrolet Corvette C1 Dual-Quad 4-Speed
The Chevrolet Corvette C1 was designed and built to show the Europeans that their neighbors across the sea could also build world class sports…
Classic Style: Piloti 24H Le Mans Driving Shoes – Limited Edition
The Piloti 24H Le Mans driving shoes were developed to suit a very specific kind of person – a 24 Hours of Le Mans…
Rare Supercharged British Racer: 1936 2-Litre Alta Sports Car
The Alta Car and Engineering Company was astonishingly far ahead of its time, the company was building supercharged, double overhead cam engines with hemispherical…
Death Machines Of London Bolt Sweater
Death Machines Of London is possibly the single greatest name for a London-based custom motorcycle garage that will ever exist, and fortunately they don’t…
Rapid Whale Mini Boat – An Electrically Powered Kit-Built Mini Boat
The Rapid Whale Mini Boat is a kit-built, single-seat watercraft designed to be assembled at home by novice builders. The main parts are all…
Lions Den Motorcycles Billet Aluminium Handlebar Switches
These billet aluminum handlebar switches by Lions Den Motorcycles are individually CNC machined in England, they come in either two or three button layouts,…
1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Alloy
The Ferrari 275 GTB was released in 1964 with an almost impossible task – it had to replace the acclaimed Ferrari 250 series. In…
XTR Pepo Silver Bullet MKII BMW R100 RS Custom
The Silver Bullet MKII is the second coming of the BMW R100 RS Custom by XTR Pepo that took the moto-web by storm last…
1970 Can Am Documentary: The Heavies
The Heavies is a Can Am documentary from 1970 that covers the race at Road Atlanta. This would be a very significant time in the…