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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REV’IT! Brera Jacket
The new REV’IT! Brera is motorcycle jacket for those of us who live in cooler climates – especially as the weather slowly shifts from autumn…
Triumph Bonneville Scrambler
Usually when we feature a custom motorcycle the builder of the bike goes to great lengths to stress how many parts of the bike…
Watch Roll by Convoy Goods
Convoy Goods is a small company that specialises in hand-making leather goods using traditional methods, although it looks like the kind of small workshop…
Ducati Scrambler
The long rumoured Ducati Scrambler was unveiled by the Italian motorcycle manufacturer at INTERMOT in Germany yesterday, this is a bike we’ve been hearing…
Roundhouse Snowboard
The Roundhouse Snowboard by The Arbor Collective is one of the increasing number of snowboards (and skis) that use a bamboo core for strength…
1925 Stanley Steamer
The Stanley Steamer is the colloquial name given to the steam powered automobiles produced by Stanley Motor Carriage Company between 1902 and 1924, the…
Velomacchi Roll Top Backpack
Velomacchi is a new motorcycle gear manufacturer from the team behind the Syren Industrial Design & MFG. Co. based out of Portland, Oregon. The…
Custom Yamaha SR250 by Auto Fabrica
This feature was written by Bujar Muharremi, the co-founder of Auto Fabrica. It makes a nice change when custom bike builders write the words…
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
On Any Sunday is a film that needs no introduction, however if you’re unfamiliar with it a brief blurb would look like this: Released…
Pink Floyd’s La Carrera Panamericana
La Carrera Panamericana is a documentary directed by Ian McArthur that follows Pink Floyd bandmates David Gilmour (guitarist), Nick Mason (drummer) and Steve O’Rourke…
Ice Cutter Boots by Red Wing Heritage
Red Wing’s Ice Cutter Boots have been developed for use in climates that see snow and ice during the winter months, the upper is…
AC Aceca-Bristol
The AC Aceca-Bristol was the slightly higher-performance version of the Aceca (pronounced “ah-see-ka”) – a model that was essentially a modified coupe-version of the…