2017 Tacoma Bike jump Gaytron the imploder Shop tourGet a Glimpse at the man the myth the legend that On a rain-slick October night in 2017, a crowd packed the narrow alley at Sixth Ave & I Street in Tacoma for “The Big Bike Jump.” The scene felt part neighborhood kegger, part art-happening: music thumping, people shoulder-to-shoulder, and a glowing barricade of neon tubes wired to a monster transformer. Tacoma artist Galen McCarty Turner—better known in this moment as his alter ego, “Gaytron the Imploder”—worked the crowd, then pedaled hard and burst through the neon wall in a crackle of electricity and flying color, a tradition he’d been staging since 2009. Peaks and Pints Proctor Tacoma That year’s jump landed on an October evening with a forecast of “100% chance of rain,” which only made the reflections brighter and the sparks more dramatic against the wet pavement. GRIT CITY MAGAZINE It doubled as a community fundraiser hosted by 2nd Cycle, Tacoma’s Community Cycle Center, drawing folks from across the city for a few chaotic, joyful hours of DIY spectacle. Facebook If you want the nutshell: a raucous Tacoma alley party where a local artist, suited up as “Gaytron,” rode straight through a 90,000-volt wall of glowing glass while the city cheered.