Calories

Did you ever wonder how many calories you use while cycling? Here are some aids to help you figure it out! The first table is 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 is a graph 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

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.)

Please feel free to send me, Fawzi Emad, any corrections, observations, comments or questions. Thank you! (The tail feather on the left is from Koko, our Blue-Front Amazon Parrot.)