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Old 07-25-13, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by KenshiBiker
You can burn 1200 calories with a 22 mile (11-mile each way commute) ride? I have a little over 14.5 mile each way commute (mostly flat, but a couple of miles of hills at the end) and I'm lucky if my Garmin says I burned 400 calories each way. And I think my Garmin is optimistic. I've done 40+ mile rides into the foothills and my Garmin still says I'm less than 1200 calories burned.
My Garmin shows on average 550-600 calories burned for an 11 mile commute. There are some pretty good hill climbs, so maybe that's the reason? Really not sure why all the discrepancies...
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