Articles that Ben Branch 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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Make Your Bones Tee
Make Your Bones is a small group of staggeringly taltented film makers, they’re responsible for the short you might have seen earlier this year called “Petrol Food Beer” and by all accounts, they’re hard…
Icon 1000 Akorp Jacket Review – Moto Lady
No matter what you ride, you need to have the proper gear to feel comfortable on your motorbike. Whether you’re hitting dual track off road routes for the first time, or taking a trip…
Carolina 8 Inch Work Boot
The Carolina 8 Inch Work Boot is one of those things that’s so dyed-in-the-wool American that it probably smells like apple pie and fireworks. Each of the boots is made in America, by Americans, from…
2013 FIA GT Series – Belgium – Full Race
The 2013 FIA GT Series is a wonderful thing to watch, it’s a racing series that contains the McLaren MP4-12C GT3, the Audi R8 LMS ultra, the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4, the Ford GT GT3, the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3, the Nissan GT-R GT3,…
Buying Guide – Ducati Monster
Introduction The Ducati Monster is a motorcycle that was designed by Miguel Galluzzi as his personal interpretation of what Marlon Brando would ride if the film “The Wild One” was filmed in the…
Alpinestars Munich Drystar Glove
The Alpinestars Munich Drystar Glove is a thicker, insulated glove ideal for riding in late-Autumn and winter. They’re fitted with a Drystar® membrane insert, full thermal insulation and they have a reinforced throttle area,…
1951 Nash Statesman Super Sedan
I stumbled across this 1951 Nash Statesman Super Sedan earlier this week and decided that it’d be the perfect car for a drive across the USA, it has that vintage appeal coupled with the…
Messenger Laptop Bag by Hard Graft
This laptop messenger bag by Hard Graft is one of the best looking examples of a daily-carry bag for the digital generation that we’ve ever seen. Hard Graft is well known for producing high-quality…
1962 Pontiac Grand Prix Sport Coupe
It’s difficult to explain how important a car the original 1962 Pontiac Grand Prix Sport Coupe actually was, many credit it with the shift away from excessively chromed exterior fittings that had come into…
Tees by The Fuckos
The Fuckos are a ragtag bunch of people who formed a Los Angeles based Motorcycle Club as an antithesis to all of the clubs requiring a certain type of motorcycle, a certain type of…
Sawin Ford “Big Car”
It isn’t everyday that cars like this Sawin Ford “Big Car” come up for auction, surprisingly they tend to be quite affordable with the estimated value on this one being $10,000 to $15,000 USD….
Preatorian Hoodie by Triple Aught Design
The Preatorian Hoodie by Triple Aught Design was created as a piece of clothing with year-round appeal, it can be used as a light-top in warmer weather and then used as a base-layer as…