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04-01-09 | 08:53 AM

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merlinextraligh

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Bikes: Willier Zero 7; Merlin Extralight; Calfee Dragonfly tandem, Calfee Adventure tandem; Cervelo P2; Motebecane Ti Fly 29er; Motebecanne Phantom Cross; Schwinn Paramount Track bike

To burn 612 calories in 40 minutes, you have to be working pretty hard. That's 936 calories per hour.

For me, I'm working close to a TT level effort to hit 900 calories in an hour, or more like 300 watts.

134 watts for an hour would be more like 300- 400 calories, or 200- 260 for the 40 minutes.

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