Originally Posted by
bakes1
If you have a job/spouse/kids and are obviously not riding a bike to make a living what are you training for to the point that you would be clueless enough to overtrain and hurt yourself?
"Sorry, I can't make it to work this week because I hurt myself due to a malfunction in my power meter"
In addition to what @heathpack wrote, some of us find training hard to be fun, and more fun is always better, right?
It's not hard to fall into that trap.
Power meter malfunctions don't cause overtraining. Overtraining is the cycling equivalent of having a few beers too many and thinking you're ten feet tall and bulletproof...until reality steps in.