In an attempt to balance fitness with overeating over the holidays, I got on the relatives' treadmill. I know, specificity, running VO2Max doesn't equal cycling VO2Max. I found I was in Z5 at 6-6.5mph, or 500+ cal/hr. Gone are the days of 7 minute miles.
I found a cool site which you can plug in your parameters.
http://www.mne.psu.edu/lamancusa/ProdDiss/Bicycle/BIKEcalc1.HTM
In short, 24mph requires about 280W, and about 1000 cal/hr, significantly higher than running. FWIW, the power estimates for this calculation are higher than analyticcycling, so YMMV. Time to ramp up the training.
-Giao
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