The L.A. Tourist is a self-supported, self-navigated race. Based out of Burbank, California the race departs at the break of dawn and sends you out into the world in search of a few GPS locations. Your job is to make your own map and navigate yourself to each point. In your travels you may encounter normal city traffic, fire roads, down trees, Sasquatch, single track, river crossings and much more.

Other than this not much else is known about the L.A. Tourist Race. There are a few small write-ups, photos, and even some recap videos, but none of these seem to quite definitively capture the race for the masses to see. The L.A. Tourist Race seems more akin to folklore and myth than an actual event.

Words by Let’s Ride Cyclery

Ride the L.A. Tourist Race route between March 6-20, 2021