Tim Burns

Pressure helps stop bleeding on gushing wounds, and pressure dressings hold in place so you can keep your hands free. Pressure dressings are one of the best ways that you can meet any eventuality when you’re out on the trail.

Accidents happen. That’s why just about everyone who ventures into the wilds carries a kit bag. These bags will help you meet any backcountry trouble by keeping your equipment organized, easy to see, and accessible.

If you’re pulling out a tourniquet, big trouble has already found you. Once maligned, tourniquets are back in regular use because nothing stops arterial bleeds faster than a tourniquet. To be clear: Only apply a tourniquet when the other option is death. Tourniquets completely cut off blood supply to the distal side of an injury, meaning you’ll lose the limb. Good tourniquets are quick to apply, hold fast, and are thick enough to keep from damaging or digging into the skin. Tourniquets are uncomfortable by design and do not relieve pain. Their chief function, and they do it well, is to stop an arterial bleed to save the victim’s life.

The best bike tail lights are bright enough to be seen from far away and cut through city light pollution, have a battery life that’s longer than your typical ride, and have some weather resistance.

Sometimes you need to adjust your bike away from home. For those times, there’s this folding bike repair stand which packs down small to fit in your trunk.

Road trips are fun. Cleaning up your car’s interior after one is not. Luckily, these mightly little vacuums make the job easier.