Back in March of this year, Nadene 'Dienks' Freysen rode through the deserts and mountains of Morocco on Sideburn's first women-only tour of north Africa. Launching this type of tour felt a bit of a risk. We had to sell out all ten places for it to work and wondered if we could reach enough women who had the skills, drive, finances and time to do it. The answer was an emphatic yes and the tour, that we co-promoted with our long-time partners and Morocco-based bike tour expert

I've known about this film project for a while and have been in touch with the maker, Evan Senn, in the recent past. The trailer was recently released so I dug back in the emails to find his introduction that explains his idea very well. The I hope this message finds you well. I first want to say what a HUGE fan of Sideburn I am. This film might not have been made without Sideburn. I was already a motorcycle racing fan before I found your magazine and had made some short film

Our Hungarian friend, and occasional contributor, Peter Guld has presented a film about speedway that is in the running for an international award. Watch the short film, then vote for it under the category 'BEST RITUALS FILM' in the black box on the side. You don't have to sign up, but you're sent an email to confirm your vote. Simple. Follow this link - People of the Dust (A POR NÉPE) #Speedway #Hungary #Film

Off-topic Sunday. Sideburn's entertainments officer, Dave Skooter Farm, has been beavering away, volunteering his time, vast enthusiasm and specialist knowledge to an independent film about his late friend and bandmate, Chris Sievey aka Frank Sidebottom. This documentary is not to be confused with the comedy drama, Frank, released in 2014 and written by Jon Ronson, another former bandmate of Frank Sidebottom. The 2014 film starred Michael Fassbender as the titular character,