calories burned while biking

hey, does anyone know of a good formula or website to calculate the calories burned while biking? i realize that depending on the terrain, or type of bike one is using the results are different . . but i'm finding it hard to find something consistant. I mostly road bike-usually about 10-12 miles per hour . . .i'm not sure if i'm burning 250 calories an hour or if i'm burning 600 calories an hour! help!!

Sun. Apr 2, 4:58pm

www.caloriesperhour.com

Go to this website for a good guestimate. I highly recommend investing in a heart rate monitor that also estimates calories burned. Most are calibrated for runners, but some are calibrated for cycling--that will be your most accurate measure when calculated according to your height and weight.

For now, I would say that 600 cal/hour is a much better estimate.

Link

Sunday, April 2, 2006, 6:29 PM

Here is another site

That calculates calories burned based on your weight.

Link

Sunday, April 2, 2006, 11:14 PM

Depends on how hard you work...

Biking outside hard by myself, standing up for 20 pedals and then sitting for 20, etc and doing some hills (like Spinning class), I burn about 7 calories per minute. My heart rate is about 150 bpm average. Biking with a friend, doing some coasting along and talking (115 bpm average), I only burned about 4 calories per minute.

Monday, April 3, 2006, 12:55 PM

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