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A long exploring ride with a half dozen 300 foot climbs: 52 miles, 4:09 riding time, 12.5 mph with these hills, 2800 feet. 1402 kjoules.
About 340 calories per hour. Or 27 cal per mile.
That actually surprised me. Around 22 to 30 cal per mile is a good rule of thumb for many different rides. Lots of rides have hard, high wattage efforts, but often periods of easy pacing or coasting.
But I thought the full hard effort, shorter ride would be much higher.
Easier to go off average watts and time.
About 276 average watts an hour = 1mJ. Ride 3 hours at 276 watts and burn about 3mJ, or close to 3,000 calories an hour.
So yes, steady, high average power. That's the good stuff! 1 mJ an hour is a solid goal for some.