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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 negligent driving after a swarm of e-bike riders gathered on the famous Sydney landmark during the busy commute on a weekday.

The Incident: A Prohibited Ride

A group of approximately 40 people operating e-bikes and motorcycles travelled along the primary roadway of the bridge, where cycling is prohibited. The riders subsequently reversed direction and rode through the city’s CBD and a nearby district.

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

Police said they did not chase right away the riders due to concerns for public safety but rather found the group at a scenic Sydney lookout near the Botanic Gardens, at which point they broke up.

Fines Imposed for Influencer

Later in the week, authorities stated they had issued the US social media influencer known as Sur Ronster, twenty-six, with two violation tickets for negligent driving (with no death or previous bodily harm), carrying a fine of over five hundred dollars and penalty points per notice, in relation to the bridge ride-out. They added that inquiries were continuing.

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

Creator's Response

The content creator gave comments to a local publication recently after the incident spread rapidly on news sites and social media, saying he regretted giving "bike life" a bad reputation.

"I accept the blame. It was among the safest ride-outs I have witnessed," he said. "I am a visitor here, so I’m going to come here respecting the rules and standards of the city. So when I decided to do a meet and greet it did not involve a group ride, it was just to say hi near the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, I am to blame we ended up on the bridge and I had a decision to make: whether the group completes the entirety 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 turn around."

National Debate on Electric Bike Rules

The increase of e-bikes on streets across the country has prompted increasing demands for regulation. A senior government official, Mark Butler, recently said that illegal ebikes were a "total menace on the road."

"Kids have done stupid things on bikes since the invention of the early bicycle [but] the harm that are presenting at our ERs are absolutely devastating," he stated. "We must ensure we stop these things entering the country [and] officers are granted the authority to crack down, to confiscate them, to destroy them, to destroy them."

The state recorded 226 injuries related to ebikes in 2024. But, in the first seven months of 2025, that number surged to 233 injuries plus four deaths.