If you’re one of those people, like us, who has a habit of accidentally destroying your iPhone every time you leave the house, the SpareOne Emergency Phone might be just what you need. It’s powered by a single AA battery, costs just $60 and features one-button emergency dialling (even without a SIM card fitted). The lightweight cell also has a built-in LED flashlight and has the ability to be geo-located, should you happen to get lost in the Pyrenees. Again.
Ben Branch has had his work featured on CNN, Popular Mechanics, the official Smithsonian Magazine, Road & Track Magazine, the official Pinterest blog, the official eBay Motors blog, BuzzFeed, 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 millions of readers around the world and hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
The Subaru 22B was built between March and August 1998 in very limited numbers to celebrate both Subaru’s 40th anniversary and the 3rd consecutive manufacturer’s title in the World Rally Championship. The car is considered by some (including me) to be one of the best looking Subarus ever built, with its sleek coupe body, flared…
The new Fuel Discovery Jacket is a modern take on the iconic waxed canvas motorcycle jacket made popular by the likes of Lawrence of Arabia. The popularity of natural cotton canvas jackets has been on the rise among motorcyclists in recent years, particularly when they’re combined with modern safety features like elbow, shoulder, and back…
Ol’ Yaller Mark IX is a race car built by Max Balchowsky and his wife Ina largely from junkyard parts to a design he sketched out on the floor of Hollywood Motors – their Californian performance garage.
Rusty’s Magazine is a new motoring publication with a refreshingly egalitarian approach to cars – they don’t judge based on value, genre, class, or popularity, they simply feature what they like. Issues come out quarterly featuring individual cars from Miuras, to hot rods, and RWB Porsches, to Volvo Amazons. There’s also event coverage at annual…
The Beeline Moto is a GPS unit designed to do away with bulky touchscreens and strip navigation down to its core functions – which way should I go, and how far till the next turn. The team behind the device have already designed and mass produced what is considered by many to be the best…
The John Doe Ironhead jeans are specifically designed for motorcyclists, with a proprietary XTM® fiber liner, made from abrasion resistant DuPont Kevlar® fibers and inner Coolmax® fibers for temperature regulation. The key design goal of the Ironhead motorcycle jeans was to ensure that they looked like regular streetwear, while still offering protection for motorcyclists. The…
