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Quick Strava Question (Calories)

  • 14-07-2014 01:33PM
    #1
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,122 ✭✭✭✭


    Does anyone know if you can calculate calories for routes you haven't done yet in My Routes or anywhere else?

    As in I have my details and the bikes details entered in Settings but now when Im setting up routes I want the calorie estimate for those routes but Ive only ever seen that figure on links that people post to completed rides...


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  • #2
    3102derek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 577 ✭✭✭3102derek


    How is it suppose to know how hard your going to ride?
    Take it easy and burn less cals, go a race pace and it a different ball of fish.

    You'll be better off just going out and ride, the cals will burn off either way.


  • #3
    Alek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Alek


    How is it suppose to know how hard your going to ride?

    It calculates your expected average speed from your stats from 2 last weeks or so. It could do so with calories...


  • #4
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,122 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    I'm just looking for a rough guide, 23 kph is the average speed on most of my rides.


  • #5
    jinkypolly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭jinkypolly


    Thargor wrote: »
    I'm just looking for a rough guide, 23 kph is the average speed on most of my rides.

    And how windy will it be?


  • #6
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,122 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    Nah just looking for a rough way to compare different routes, Ill just have to measure them properly first I suppose.


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  • #7
    jinkypolly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 514 ✭✭✭jinkypolly


    Thargor wrote: »
    Nah just looking for a rough way to compare different routes, Ill just have to measure them properly first I suppose.

    A simple way is to compare what percentage of climbing to overall distance does the route have. 1% is lumpy enough, higher percentage means it's getting harder.

    So a ride of 110km and 1350m of climbing would be hard enough at 1.2%.
    90km at 900m not too bad but getting lumpy at 1%. etc.


  • #8
    ford2600
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,457 ✭✭✭ford2600


    Thargor wrote: »
    Nah just looking for a rough way to compare different routes, Ill just have to measure them properly first I suppose.

    The calories out is an very rough estimation as is the calories in, so much so that it's fairly pointless


  • #9
    oconnpad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 231 ✭✭oconnpad


    Maybe try and work it on time would be my suggestion
    Roughly 500 - 700 cal per hour i'd say depending on wind, climbs
    As said already the cal thing seems to be guestimated
    When i upload rides to strava with garmin unit, strava has completely different number of cals than the garmin for same ride.


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