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New South Wales police have levied a penalty against an US-based online influencer and served two traffic infringement notices for reported reckless operation after a large group of electric bicycle users converged on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during peak-hour traffic on Tuesday.

The Incident: An Illegal Gathering

A gathering of around 40 individuals operating e-bikes and motorcycles proceeded along the bridge’s main deck, where cycling is prohibited. The assembly subsequently reversed direction and rode through the downtown area and a nearby district.

"There was potential for people to be injured and killed," stated a senior police official the officer on the following day.

Law enforcement 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.

Penalties Issued for Influencer

Later in the week, police stated they had issued the American online personality known as Sur Ronster, 26, with two traffic infringement notices for negligent driving (with no death or previous bodily harm), with a penalty of $562 and penalty points each, connected to the bridge incident. Officials noted that the investigation is ongoing.

The influencer reportedly has over 3.4m subscribers on one platform and over 1.2 million on the social media app.

Creator's Response

The online figure gave comments to a local publication recently following the event gained traction on digital platforms, stating he was sorry for giving "bike life" a bad reputation.

"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, and I intend to come here respecting the laws and norms of Sydney. When I decided to do a public meeting 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: either the group rides the full length of the bridge and comes back, which is a crime. Or we turn around, essentially, before entering the bridge. I chose at the time to turn around."

Broader Context on E-Bike Regulation

The increase of e-bikes on roads nationwide has prompted increasing demands for stricter rules. The federal health minister, the minister, recently said that non-compliant electric bikes 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 presenting at our ERs are absolutely devastating," the minister stated. "We must ensure we prevent these things entering the country [and] police are granted the powers to crack down, to confiscate them, to destroy them, to destroy them."

The state reported over two hundred injuries related to ebikes in the previous year. However, in the first seven months of 2025, that figure jumped to 233 injuries plus four fatalities.