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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Vulcan by Old Empire Motorcycles
The humble Honda CB250 is a motorcycle that’s been surprisingly popular in the custom scene, the most famous is probably Much Much Go –…
American Giant Hoodie
The hoodie is a wardrobe staple for many, myself included, so when I learned about Bayard Winthrop and “The Internet’s Most Famous Hoodie” I…
Onboard With Gerhard Berger – Estoril 1989 Formula 1 Grand Prix
Sometimes it’s fantastic to drop the commentary, lose the onscreen graphics, forget about the advertising and get back to basics. So with that in mind, we thought it’d be good to bring you a full Formula One grand prix from the driver’s perspective. The race in question is the Portuguese Estoril 1989 Grand Prix and the camera is mounted just to the right of the head of Gerhard Berger, on his staggeringly unreliable 3.5 litre Ferrari 640.
McLaren P1 – iPhone & iPad Wallpaper
The McLaren P1 is rapidly beginning to look like one of those bellwether cars that causes a fundamental shift in automobile design, much like…
Red Wing Heritage Boots 9022 & 9023
We’ve featured Red Wing Heritage boots in the past and the’ve always proven to be exceedingly popular, the combination of handmade appeal, vintage design…
Bremont Victory
The Bremont Victory is a wristwatch for men who appreciate history – specifically British Naval History. Any one who’s ever been to London has…
1985 Audi Quattro Sport SWB Coupé
The Audi Quattro Sport SWB Coupé was a car originally introduced in 1984 by Audi for homologation purposes, all in all they produced 214…
Sienna Wallet by Convoy Goods
The days of leather goods with hand-sewn seams are largely behind us, but every now and then we find a company still using the…
ICON 1000 Chapter Jacket
This is the ICON 1000 Chapter Jacket – it’s one of the staples of the ICON 1000 product collection and is available in 4 colours – the…
1951 Jaguar XK120 3.8 Litre Competition Roadster
You might be forgiven for believing that we’ve gone slightly Jaguar-mad this month at Silodrome, we featured a D-Type and an E-Type last week…
The Wounded Warriors Project
The Wounded Warriors Project is a US based organisation dedicated to helping servicemen and women readjust to society after returning from deployment. The project…
Custom Ducati Monster by Radical Ducati
Despite what you may be thinking, this motorcycle actually started life as a 1997 Ducati M900 Monster. The Spanish team at Radical Ducati have…