Originally Posted by
SimonSan
Power meters are expensive because only wankers buy them. Pro's use them because their team tells them too (to help them make the required UCI weight). Sorry but I didn't see Merckx, Induran or LeMonde use them and they were all pretty good without them. When you train, You have to focus on your body and what you want from it, if you are lazy a ****ty power meter will tell you something you should already know. If you think a PM gives you the edge good luck, and don't be pissed when someone beats you to the line without one.
Merckx didn't use them because they didn't have them.
Lemond was an early adopter of both heart rate training, and power training. Lemond was one of the first users of an SRM power meter, and helped develop the product.
And a power meter will tell you stuff that your body will lie to you about.
One should be careful of criticizing things with which they are not familiar.