How to use the indoor cycling pedal revolution converter
Enter your cadence and ride time and the tool reports how many pedal revolutions that session actually produced. Add a wheel circumference and a gear ratio and it converts the same revolutions into road distance, then divides by ride time for an average speed. Leave circumference blank and the distance rows read not entered while revolutions are still counted.
Everything here is arithmetic. Total pedal revolutions are cadence times minutes, wheel revolutions multiply that by the gear ratio, and distance is wheel revolutions times circumference converted with 63,360 inches per mile. The gear ratio is how many wheel turns one pedal stroke produces, and a blank field applies 1. The 82.5 in example comes from a 700x25C tire size; real rollout changes with tire choice and pressure (checked October 2026).
There are limits. Indoor bike resistance scales differ by manufacturer and no authoritative standard is published, so this page never suggests a resistance level. It does not output power zones or calories either. Converted distance is a straight product of circumference and gear ratio, so it ignores the air drag, rolling resistance and momentum of real road riding.
Frequently asked questions
This page does not suggest a resistance level. Indoor bike resistance scales differ by manufacturer and no authoritative standard is published, so the tool only converts revolutions and distance.
Yes. Leave it blank and the distance and average speed rows read not entered, while revolutions are still counted. Check the tire sidewall size, then enter the circumference.
Enter how many wheel turns one pedal stroke produces. It is chainring teeth divided by sprocket teeth, and a fixed-gear studio bike is simply 1.