Comment by Jenda_
1 year ago
Yeah, 25km/h requires less than 150W [1], so it's 600Wh total, the efficiency of human metabolism is about 20% [2], so it's 3kWh of total energy input = 10.8MJ = 2600 kcal. (I have been using generous estimates, so this should be an upper bound)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_performance#Total_powe..., https://www.road-bike.co.uk/articles/cycling-power.php [2] https://www.quora.com/How-efficient-is-the-human-body-at-con...
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