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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Dovo Inox Full Hollow Straight Razor
The Dovo Inox full hollow straight razor is a fantastic alternative to whatever the latest and greatest multi-blade safety razor from Gilette happens to…
Blitz BMW R75/5 Bobber
Blitz Motorcycles is a Paris-based workshop that have developed a reputation for building genuinely unique and oftentimes unusual custom motorcycles. It’s run by Fred…
Pointer Brand Hickory Chore Coat
The Pointer Brand Hickory Chore Coat is a modern version of the workwear worn by our great-grandparents, gear that was designed to be tough…
Ringbrothers Carbon Fiber Mustang
The Ford Mustang was first released in 1964. What happened next took Ford and the entire American automotive industry by surprise. The bean-counters at…
Barry Sheene’s 1974 Bell Helmet
Barry Sheene is remembered as one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time, and almost certainly the greatest British rider of the 20th…
Cagiva Moke
The Cagiva Moke was final iteration of the original Mini Moke, which had been in production non-stop since 1964 with over 50,000 produced in…
Tag Heuer Autavia Mark 3 “Rindt”
Earlier this year Tag Heuer announced that they were going to re-release their iconic Autavia, and that they were going to turn to the public…
The Levitat Tree Tent
The Levitat Tree Tent is a recent addition to the growing number of companies offering non-traditional tents – with tree tents being by far…
Shinya Kimura – Chabott Engineering
This short film by Henrik Hansen about Shinya Kimura first came out just over 6 years ago, and it had a huge impact on both…
Norton Manx Model 30
The Norton Manx Model 30 is a motorcycle that lives on half a century after its production ceased thanks to its legendary status as…
1971 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport
The Moto Guzzi V7 Sport was introduced in 1971 as a new and improved version of the standard V7. For their new superbike the…
Tonino Lamborghini on Ferruccio Lamborghini
Ferruccio Lamborghini is a towering figure in the history of sports automobiles – and it almost never came to be. The story of how…