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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Bummer & Lazarus Gin by Raff Distillerie
The Raff Distillerie is a fantastic little liquor factory on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, it’s unique in the burgeoning world of micro distilleries…
Goodwood Revival 2014: Day 1
I often meet people who’ve never heard of the Goodwood Revival – which seems borderline sacrilegious, but I think a lot of it has…
The Techpack by JBird Collective
The Techpack by JBird Collective is a new take on a very old idea, the team behind the JBird Collective emphasise traditional materials in…
Harley-Davidson Ironhead Chopper
I don’t tend to feature choppers on Silodrome very often, there are a few reasons for this but generally speaking I try to avoid…
Nissan Skyline Cutaway Wallpaper
The Nissan Skyline GT-R is without question one of the most important sports cars ever to come out of Japan, I know there are…
BMW Scrambler by Officine Rossopuro
I’m not sure if I’m stuck in some kind of Baader-Meinhof loop, but I seem to be constantly discovering new BMW scramblers, and I…
NATO Royal Navy Sweater
The NATO Royal Navy Sweater is a staple of the British military, the Army has an olive green version that many people are more…
HRG 1500 WS Roadster
This 1953 HRG 1500 WS Roadster was the very first of the HRG cars to be fitted with the newer and more powerful Singer…
Wolfman Expedition Dry Duffel Bag
The Wolfman Expedition Dry Duffel Bag is a waterproof duffel designed for the kind of off road trips you usually only see on television,…
Building Bucephalus: An Interview With Loaded Gun Customs
Bucephalus is a motorcycle that lit up the web when it was introduced earlier this year, it was at once both familiar and entirely…
Weiss Field Watch
The Weiss Field Watch is the result of a cross-Continental collaboration led by Swiss-trained American watchmaker Cameron Weiss, the watch that bares his name…
A Custom Kawasaki W650 by Motovida
The Kawasaki W650 is a motorcycle that quickly earned itself a place amongst the modern breed of retro motorcycles with 21st-century engineering –…