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NSW authorities have levied a penalty against an American social media personality and served two driving violation citations for reported negligent driving after a large group of electric bicycle users gathered on the famous Sydney landmark during the busy commute on Tuesday.

The Event: A Prohibited Ride

A group of around 40 individuals riding e-bikes and motorcycles travelled along the primary roadway of the bridge, where cycling is prohibited. The assembly subsequently reversed direction and rode through the downtown area and Haymarket.

"This had potential for people to be injured and killed," remarked NSW police assistant commissioner David Driver on Wednesday.

Police said they did not chase right away the group due to safety concerns but instead located the assembly at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair near the city gardens, where they dispersed.

Penalties Issued for Influencer

On Saturday, police stated they had served 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 over five hundred dollars and penalty points each, in relation to the bridge ride-out. They added that inquiries were continuing.

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

Creator's Response

The online figure gave comments to a local publication recently after the incident gained traction on news sites and social media, stating he regretted giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. It was among the safest ride-outs I have witnessed," he said. "I’m coming here as a guest, so I’m going to come here respecting the rules and standards of the city. When I decided to do a public meeting it did not involve a group ride, it was just to say hi 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: either the group rides the full length of the bridge and comes back, which is a crime. Or we reverse, basically, before entering the bridge. And I made the decision at the time to go back."

National Debate on Electric Bike Rules

The spate of e-bikes on streets across the country 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."

"Young people have engaged in stupid things on bikes ever since the early bicycle [but] the harm that are presenting at our ERs are truly severe," the minister said. "We’ve got to make sure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] police are granted the powers to take strong action, to take them away, to destroy them, to dispose of them."

NSW reported 226 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.