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New South Wales police have issued a fine against an American social media personality and handed out two traffic infringement notices for alleged reckless operation after a large group of e-bike riders gathered on the famous Sydney landmark during peak-hour traffic on Tuesday.

The Event: An Illegal Gathering

A gathering of approximately 40 individuals riding electric bikes and motorbikes proceeded along the primary roadway of the bridge, where cycling is prohibited. The assembly then turned around and traveled through the downtown area and a nearby district.

"There was potential for people to be injured and killed," remarked NSW police assistant commissioner the officer on Wednesday.

Police said they did not chase right away the group out of safety concerns but instead located the assembly at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, at which point they broke up.

Penalties Issued for Influencer

Later in the week, authorities announced they had issued the US social media influencer who goes by Sur Ronster, twenty-six, with two traffic infringement notices for careless operation (not involving death or prior injury), with a fine of $562 and penalty points each, in relation to the bridge incident. They added that the investigation is ongoing.

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

Influencer's Comments

The online figure spoke with a major newspaper recently following the event spread rapidly on news sites and social media, saying he was sorry for giving "bike life" a negative image.

"I accept the blame. That was one of the safest gatherings I’ve ever seen," he told the publication. "I’m coming here as a guest, and I intend 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 ride-out, it was just to greet people under the bridge."

"I did not know the area well, I am to blame 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, essentially, before entering the bridge. I chose at the time to go back."

National Debate on Electric Bike Rules

The spate of e-bikes on streets across the country has sparked growing calls for regulation. A senior government official, Mark Butler, commented that illegal ebikes were a "complete hazard on the road."

"Young people have engaged in reckless acts on bikes since the invention of the early bicycle [but] the injuries that are coming into our ERs are absolutely devastating," he stated. "We’ve got to make sure we prevent these things entering the country [and] police are given the powers to take strong action, to take them away, to crush them, to destroy them."

The state reported 226 injuries associated with ebikes in 2024. However, in the first seven months of 2025, that figure surged to two hundred thirty-three injuries plus four deaths.