Originally Posted by
howeeee
lol 4000 calories in an hour lol the true fact is about 10 times less ,,you burn about 350 calories in an hour
Thanks for all your feedback. But how did you get 4000 calories. Strava/MapMyRide says I burn around 1000 calories per 15 miles which for me is one hour of riding. I thought both consider elevation changes and also changes in pace.
But looking at this calculator
Calorie Calculator | Bicycling they are not too far off. This calculator says I would burn 907 calories doing 15mph for an hour.
Now given this calculator
Walking Calorie Burn Calculator says I would burn 500 calories walking an hour at 4 mph 1000 calories for cycling doesn't seem too far off.
Where are people getting this 500 calorie number from which app/calculator?