Comments on: Banana on the Bike http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/2691/cycling/banana-on-the-bike/ Cycling info - advice and tips Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8 By: Amoeba http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/2691/cycling/banana-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-45913 Sun, 08 May 2011 08:21:05 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=2691#comment-45913 Based upon the energy equivalent of a typical banana 114g = 108 Calories
and the fact that a cyclist on a roadster travelling at 10 mph needs 62 Watts of power, I calculated that the cyclist could travel 20.2 miles on a typical banana. (Note: this assumes no energy used for metabolism, all energy is used in transport and bicycle related losses alone).

One litre of petrol / gasoline 8314 kCal. energy equivalent, (I’m assuming most cyclists don’t drink petrol).
gives 1558 miles per litre of petrol (see above for assumptions)

E&OE (I hope I haven’t made an error. I did check my figures, I am relying heavily on the speed and power calculator for aerodynamics, rolling resistance, friction etc.
http://www.kreuzotter.de/english/espeed.htm)

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By: Clipless Pedals http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/2691/cycling/banana-on-the-bike/comment-page-1/#comment-45882 Sat, 07 May 2011 19:53:11 +0000 http://cyclinginfo.co.uk/blog/?p=2691#comment-45882 Another good post, alot of people do not think about food when out and about on their bike. People always seem to carry a water bottle but I find too often people seem to forget a quick energy boost in the form of food. Banana being one of my favourites aswell, filling a void and a kick of energy at the same time.

Keep it up :)

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