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| | Did you ever wonder how many calories you use while cycling? Here is
a table to help you figure it out! These numbers are from Cycling, 1989
issue. It assumes flat terrain, no wind, upright position! The
second table is the same, but gives calories per mile, and the third table is
based on heart rate.
Speed MPH |
12 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
Weight lbs |
CALORIES PER HOUR |
110 |
293 |
348 |
404 |
448 |
509 |
586 |
662 |
120 |
315 |
375 |
437 |
484 |
550 |
634 |
718 |
130 |
338 |
402 |
469 |
521 |
592 |
683 |
773 |
140 |
360 |
430 |
502 |
557 |
633 |
731 |
828 |
150 |
383 |
457 |
534 |
593 |
675 |
779 |
883 |
160 |
405 |
485 |
567 |
629 |
717 |
828 |
938 |
170 |
427 |
512 |
599 |
666 |
758 |
876 |
993 |
180 |
450 |
540 |
632 |
702 |
800 |
925 |
1048 |
190 |
472 |
567 |
664 |
738 |
841 |
973 |
1104 |
200 |
495 |
595 |
697 |
774 |
883 |
1021 |
1159 |
Speed MPH |
12 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
Weight lbs |
CALORIES PER MILE |
110 |
24.42 |
24.86 |
26.93 |
28.00 |
29.94 |
32.56 |
34.84 |
120 |
26.25 |
26.79 |
29.13 |
30.25 |
32.35 |
35.22 |
37.79 |
130 |
28.12 |
28.71 |
31.27 |
32.56 |
34.82 |
37.94 |
40.68 |
140 |
30.00 |
30.71 |
33.47 |
34.81 |
37.24 |
40.61 |
43.58 |
150 |
31.92 |
32.64 |
35.60 |
37.06 |
39.71 |
43.28 |
46.47 |
160 |
33.75 |
34.64 |
37.80 |
39.31 |
42.18 |
46.00 |
49.37 |
170 |
35.58 |
36.57 |
39.93 |
41.63 |
44.59 |
48.67 |
52.26 |
180 |
37.50 |
38.57 |
42.13 |
43.88 |
47.06 |
51.39 |
55.16 |
190 |
39.33 |
40.50 |
44.27 |
46.13 |
49.47 |
54.06 |
58.11 |
200 |
41.25 |
42.50 |
46.47 |
48.38 |
51.94 |
56.72 |
61.00 |
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Another
"fairly" accurate way to figure calories used per minute is the graph
on left. If your heart rate is sustained at a certain rate, you can read
on the graph the calories used per minute. (I do not recall the origin of
this graph, hence I am unable to give credit to its author.)
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