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Did you ever wonder how many calories you use while cycling?  Here are some aids to help you figure it out!  The first table is from Cycling, 1989 issue.  It assumes flat terrain, no wind, upright position!  The second table is the same, but gives calories per mile, and the third is a graph based on heart rate.
 
Speed MPH 12 14 15 16 17 18 19
Weight lbs CALORIES PER HOUR
110 293 348 404 448 509 586 662
120 315 375 437 484 550 634 718
130 338 402 469 521 592 683 773
140 360 430 502 557 633 731 828
150 383 457 534 593 675 779 883
160 405 485 567 629 717 828 938
170 427 512 599 666 758 876 993
180 450 540 632 702 800 925 1048
190 472 567 664 738 841 973 1104
200 495 595 697 774 883 1021 1159

 
Speed MPH 12 14 15 16 17 18 19

Weight lbs

CALORIES PER MILE
110 24.42 24.86 26.93 28.00 29.94 32.56 34.84
120 26.25 26.79 29.13 30.25 32.35 35.22 37.79
130 28.12 28.71 31.27 32.56 34.82 37.94 40.68
140 30.00 30.71 33.47 34.81 37.24 40.61 43.58
150 31.92 32.64 35.60 37.06 39.71 43.28 46.47
160 33.75 34.64 37.80 39.31 42.18 46.00 49.37
170 35.58 36.57 39.93 41.63 44.59 48.67 52.26
180 37.50 38.57 42.13 43.88 47.06 51.39 55.16
190 39.33 40.50 44.27 46.13 49.47 54.06 58.11
200 41.25 42.50 46.47 48.38 51.94 56.72 61.00

 
Another "fairly" accurate way to figure calories used per minute is the graph on left.  If your heart rate is sustained at a certain rate, you can read on the graph the calories used per minute.  (I do not recall the origin of this graph, hence I am unable to give credit to its author.)