Why can’t you calculate Work (only Torque) when pushing down on your bicycle pedals as your bicycle moves forward?
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You can.
Bicycle power meters do this; they have strain gauges in the crank arms, the pedals, or the rear hub. The measure the torque throughout the rotation, they know how much rotation there is, and from that they can figure out the work. They normally report in in kJ
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