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NSW police have issued a fine against an US-based online influencer and served two traffic infringement notices for reported negligent driving following a large group of e-bike riders gathered on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during peak-hour traffic on a weekday.

The Incident: An Illegal Gathering

A gathering of around 40 individuals riding e-bikes and motorcycles proceeded along the bridge’s main deck, an area where bicycle riding is banned. The assembly then turned around and rode through the downtown area and a nearby district.

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

Police said they did not immediately pursue the group out of safety concerns but rather found the assembly at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair near the city gardens, where they dispersed.

Fines Imposed for Influencer

Later in the week, authorities stated they had served the US social media influencer who goes by Sur Ronster, 26, with two violation tickets for careless operation (with no death or previous bodily harm), carrying a fine of over five hundred dollars and three demerit points each, in relation to the bridge incident. Officials noted that the investigation is ongoing.

The influencer is said to have over 3.4m subscribers on one platform and more than 1.2 million on the social media app.

Influencer's Comments

The online figure spoke with a local publication recently following the event gained traction on news sites and social media, stating he regretted giving "the biking community" a negative image.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. That 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 rules and standards of Sydney. So when I decided to do a meet and greet it did not involve a group ride, it was just to say hi under the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, it was my fault we found ourselves on the bridge and I had two choices: either the group completes the entirety of the bridge and comes back, an illegal act. Or we reverse, essentially, before entering the bridge. And I made the decision at the time to turn around."

National Debate on E-Bike Regulation

The spate of e-bikes on roads nationwide has prompted growing calls for regulation. A senior government official, the minister, commented that non-compliant electric bikes were a "complete hazard on the road."

"Kids have done stupid things on bikes ever since the early bicycle [but] the injuries that are presenting at our hospital emergency departments are truly severe," the minister said. "We must make sure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] police are granted the authority to crack down, to take them away, to destroy them, to dispose of them."

The state recorded 226 injuries associated with electric bikes in the previous year. However, in the initial half of 2025, that figure jumped to 233 injuries plus four fatalities.