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NSW police have issued a fine against an US-based online influencer and served two traffic infringement notices for alleged reckless operation after a large group of electric bicycle users converged on the famous Sydney landmark during the busy commute on a weekday.

The Incident: An Illegal Gathering

A group of approximately 40 individuals operating e-bikes and motorcycles proceeded along the bridge’s main deck, where cycling is prohibited. The assembly then turned around and rode through the downtown area and Haymarket.

"There was potential for people to be injured and killed," remarked NSW police assistant commissioner David Driver on the following day.

Law enforcement indicated they did not immediately pursue the riders due to safety concerns but instead located the assembly at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair near the city gardens, at which point they broke up.

Fines Imposed for Influencer

Later in the week, police stated they had issued the US social media influencer known as Sur Ronster, twenty-six, with two traffic infringement notices for negligent driving (with no death or previous bodily harm), with a penalty of $562 and three demerit points per notice, connected to the bridge ride-out. Officials noted that the investigation is ongoing.

The personality is said to have more than 3.4m followers on YouTube and more than 1.2m on Instagram.

Influencer's Comments

The online figure spoke with a local publication recently after the incident spread rapidly on digital platforms, stating he was sorry for giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. It was among the safest ride-outs I’ve ever seen," he told the publication. "I’m coming here as a guest, and I intend to abide by the rules and standards of Sydney. So when I decided to do a public meeting it was not meant to include a ride-out, it was just to greet people near the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, it was my fault we found ourselves on the bridge and I had a decision to make: whether the group rides the full length of the bridge and turns around, which is a crime. Or we reverse, basically, before entering the bridge. I chose at the time to go back."

Broader Context on Electric Bike Rules

The increase of e-bikes on streets across the country has sparked increasing demands for regulation. The federal health minister, the minister, commented that illegal ebikes were a "complete hazard on the road."

"Kids have done reckless acts on bikes ever since the early bicycle [but] the injuries that are coming into our ERs are truly severe," he said. "We must ensure we stop these things coming into the country [and] officers are granted the powers to take strong action, to confiscate them, to crush them, to destroy them."

The state recorded over two hundred injuries associated with ebikes in the previous year. But, in the first seven months of 2025, that number surged to two hundred thirty-three injuries plus four fatalities.