Bike Riding?

losingArni
losingArni Posts: 89
in Fitness and Exercise
HI,
Today I went for a bike ride, it was roughly 13km each way maybe a little over and it took me an hour, each way.
I put two 105 minutes (to be safe) of bike riding 'leisure' into the calorie tracker on mfp and it came up with a considerably different number to another option on mfp as bike riding 'light' one was 448 cals and the other 672, so basically id like to know what you guys estimate the calorie burn would most accurately be?
I wasn't riding very past but I did overtake some riders, so I wasn't riding as slowly as some, and there were some hectic hills but also lots of flat and down hills,
anyway, thank you for your help! :)

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  • amerenbl
    amerenbl Posts: 1 Member
    Check MapMyRide.com. Enter the route and the ride time; it'll give you a pretty good calorie estimate based on the distance and elevation..
  • losingArni
    losingArni Posts: 89
    Check MapMyRide.com. Enter the route and the ride time; it'll give you a pretty good calorie estimate based on the distance and elevation..
    thanks but im from a small town in Australia so it doesn't have my ride on it :(
  • brewedtea
    brewedtea Posts: 19 Member
    If you were going about 8mph for two hours and there were some climbs, I would go with the higher number, 'leisure' riding to me means flat surface, not much (if any) effort, etc. Sounds like a nice ride!
  • losingArni
    losingArni Posts: 89
    If you were going about 8mph for two hours and there were some climbs, I would go with the higher number, 'leisure' riding to me means flat surface, not much (if any) effort, etc. Sounds like a nice ride!
    great! thanks for your help!
    and yeh! it was a lot of fun! :)

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