At a meetup in Barcelona this week, USA Cycling sports technologist Melissa McKeveny talked about how technology is impacting the sport of cycling, and what she feels the future holds. The event was run by global sports consulting firm N3XT Sports in collaboration with SportTechie.
Based in Colorado Springs, USA Cycling has a membership of more than 60,000. Team USA has decades of cycling success. At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Kristin Armstrong defended her time trial title for the second time, Connor Fields won gold in the men’s BMX, and the U.S. took silver in the women’s team pursuit on the track.