Stationery cycle queries - Calories / Watt

[4F]

What can be trusted on a gym bike then? I want to be able to know how much exercise I'm doing

The only measurement that can be trusted on any gym bike is time, you can really treat the rest of the readings with a pinch of salt.

It was rupturing my cruciate and medial ligaments playing football that got me into cycling, good luck with the recovery.

 

[jtlondon]

The only measurement that can be trusted on any gym bike is time, you can really treat the rest of the readings with a pinch of salt.

It was rupturing my cruciate and medial ligaments playing football that got me into cycling, good luck with the recovery.

Well - that is exactly the same situation as me 4F.

With regards to trusting the gym bike measurements - fair enough! I got a taste of that at the other gym I've been to, in half an hour I got readings of around;

Time : 30 mins
Average power 250W
Distance 15.2km
Average HR 163
Calories 454

Which is obviously vastly different to the other place!

 

[vickster]

Quod erat demonstrandum

 

[Dogtrousers]

you can probably rely on the heart rate figures too ... Until some chilled out dude fresh from a yoga class comes and stands by your bike while you are sprinting and your heart rate suddenly mellows out