Originally Posted by
patentcad
I was under the impression that if your power file says the ride was a 1600 kJ ride, you burned 1600 calories. There's a 'factor'? That's not right?
1600kJ isn't 1600 calories, because of a number of factors. You should probably take in about 1.1 times the amount of calories as kJ if you want to be exact.
But when losing weight, I'd rather underestimate the burned calories.