Cycling carb calculator
Fuel Your Ride
Understanding your carbohydrate burn is crucial for maintaining energy and sustaining effort. Use this cycling carb calculator to estimate your carbohydrate needs, ensuring you consume enough to keep your performance strong and avoid fatigue.
Recover for Tomorrow
Recovery is key for your next session. After your ride, calculate how many carbs you’ve burned and how much you need to replenish. Proper refueling restores glycogen, promotes muscle recovery, and prepares you for continued progress and performance.
Limitations to the cycling carb calculator
There are limitations to this cycling carb calculator and it only gives strong estimates.
There are many complex processes that occur in your body, and the requirements vary for each individual.
This calculator assumes a constant power output and does not account for power spikes or freewheeling.
A power meter is required, without it, power estimates can be very inaccurate.
Temperature can affect calorie burn.
The calculator assumes your body is not depleted of carbohydrates and that you are relatively fresh.
The age calculation is an average estimate, and individual differences should be considered.
It assumes you have an up-to-date threshold power.
For an accurate measure of your metabolism, a lab test is recommended.