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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Sandqvist + Wrenchmonkees Backpack/Pannier
Being on a motorcycle and carrying gear isn’t easy as many people imagine, messenger bags can be slightly worse than useless due to their…
Icon 1000 Prep Glove
The new Icon 100 Prep Glove has been designed to evoke styling cues from the driving gloves our grandfathers wore when hammering across country…
The Golden Age of the British Sports Car
The Golden Age of the British Sports Car is a BBC documentary about the post-WWII success of the small, light and nimble two-seaters rolling…
P-51B Mustang Wallpaper
The P-51B Mustang was the variant fitted with the British V12 Merlin engine, the aircraft had originally been fitted with the Allison V12 but…
Land Rover Defender Heritage Limited Edition
Sadly, 2015 is set to be the end of the road for the Land Rover Defender. Which is almost ironic considering that a road…
The Unfair Advantage
The Unfair Advantage is a book steeped in motor racing legend, it was first published in 1975 to critical acclaim but a few years…
Austin-Healey 100S
The Austin-Healey 100S was created by Donald Healey as a purpose built racer to show the potential of his relatively new 100/4, only 50…
Centennial 1000 Mile Boot by Wolverine
The Centennial 1000 Mile Boot by Wolverine is a limited edition boot built using the same patterns as the original 1000 Miler, back in…
Porsche 901/911 – Ex-Anders Josephson Racing
The Porsche 901 was one of the major drawcards at the 1964 Paris Auto Salon where it ruffled the feathers of French automobile manufacturer…
Janus Tool Roll
Regular readers of Silodrome have all become accustomed to my love of the classic tool roll, they were invented out of necessity shortly after…
Norton-Velocette Dustbin Racer
This Norton-Velocette is one of many specials based on the legendary Norton Featherbed frame – a motorcycle chassis so influential that a number of…
Tracker Jacket by Roland Sands Design
The Tracker Jacket by Roland Sands Design is a modern take on the classic waxed canvas motorcycle jacket, although the idea of wearing waxed…