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NSW police have issued a fine against an US-based online influencer and served two driving violation citations for reported negligent driving following a large group of electric bicycle users converged on the famous Sydney landmark during the busy commute on Tuesday.

The Event: A Prohibited Ride

A gathering of around 40 people operating electric bikes and motorbikes proceeded along the primary roadway of the bridge, where cycling is prohibited. The assembly subsequently reversed direction and rode through the city’s CBD and Haymarket.

"There was potential for serious injury or fatalities," remarked a senior police official David Driver on the following day.

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

Fines Imposed for Content Creator

On Saturday, police stated they had issued the US social media influencer known as Sur Ronster, twenty-six, with two violation tickets for careless operation (with no death or previous bodily harm), carrying a fine of $562 and penalty points each, in relation to the bridge ride-out. Officials noted that inquiries were continuing.

The influencer reportedly has more than 3.4m subscribers on YouTube and over 1.2m on Instagram.

Influencer's Comments

The content creator gave comments to a local publication recently after the incident spread rapidly on digital platforms, stating he was sorry for giving "the biking community" a negative image.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. It was one of the safest gatherings I’ve ever seen," he told the publication. "I am a visitor here, so I’m going to come here respecting the laws and norms of the city. When I decided to do a public meeting it was not meant to include a group ride, it was just to say hi under the bridge."

"I did not know the area well, I am to blame we ended up on the bridge and I had two choices: either the group rides the full length of the bridge and comes back, which is a crime. Or we turn around, 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 roads nationwide has prompted increasing demands for stricter rules. A senior government official, Mark Butler, recently said that non-compliant electric bikes were a "total menace on the road."

"Kids have done reckless acts on bikes since the invention of the penny-farthing [but] the injuries that are coming into our hospital emergency departments are absolutely devastating," he stated. "We must ensure we stop these things coming into the country [and] officers are granted the powers to crack down, to take them away, to crush them, to dispose of them."

NSW recorded over two hundred injuries associated with ebikes in the previous year. But, in the first seven months of 2025, that number surged to 233 injuries plus four deaths.