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Question for those who use a HRM - how many calories do you burn per hour on a decent ride. Mines making out I burn about 700 Kcals/hr, which seems mighty high to me (I'm 90Kg ish)
It's a bit sad I know..............
I was looking into this tother day, general consensus is 40 - 100 cals a mile depending on how hard you are pushing, although much lower if on roadie / slicks / flat / not pushing hard enough
700-800 sounds about right for a medium to hard paced ride.
Sounds about right then - was riding round Skiddaw, so off road and hilly and I wasn't dawdling.
Ta
Sounds bang on to me too.
It's great isn't it - I know exactly how many guilt free beers/pizzas I can trough after every training session.
Usually around 600 cals on my commute to work - 13 hilly miles which takes an hour, not hanging around.
Coming home uses more as it's mostly uphill.