When I've gone to extinguish road flares, they seem pernicious, like a smoldering cigarrette. just what an injured person wants in the woods. oh, but you'll need 3 of them to make the universal distress array.

you might play with safety flares, KD5NRH, but there's no call to have safety flares in pannier on a bike trip to start a signal fire.

either learn how to set signal fires and other methods to signal for aid, or play with flares at home, but don't play with safety flares in the woods.

you are setting up a disaster waiting to happen.


lets try to keep the forum appraised of actual tips and tricks versus the "redundant GPS" version of forest service road touring, eh?