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New South Wales police have issued a fine against an US-based online influencer and handed out two traffic infringement notices for alleged negligent driving following a swarm of electric bicycle users gathered on the famous Sydney landmark during the busy commute on Tuesday.

The Event: An Illegal Gathering

A gathering of around 40 people operating 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 city’s CBD and a nearby district.

"There was potential for serious injury or fatalities," stated a senior police official David Driver on Wednesday.

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

Fines Imposed for Content Creator

Later in the week, police stated they had issued the American online personality who goes by Sur Ronster, 26, with two violation tickets for careless operation (with no death or previous bodily harm), with a penalty of $562 and penalty points per notice, connected to the bridge incident. They added that inquiries were continuing.

The personality reportedly has over 3.4m followers on one platform and more than 1.2m on the social media app.

Creator's Response

The content creator gave comments to a major newspaper this week after the incident spread rapidly on news sites and social media, saying he was sorry for giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. It was one of the safest gatherings I’ve ever seen," he told the publication. "I’m coming here as a guest, so I’m going to come here respecting the laws and norms of Sydney. So when I decided to do a public meeting it did not involve a group ride, it was just to greet people near the bridge."

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

Broader Context on E-Bike Regulation

The spate of e-bikes on streets across the country has sparked increasing demands for stricter rules. The federal health minister, Mark Butler, recently said that non-compliant electric bikes were a "total menace on the road."

"Kids have done reckless acts on bikes since the invention of the penny-farthing [but] the injuries that are coming into our hospital emergency departments are absolutely devastating," he stated. "We’ve got to make sure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] officers are given the powers to crack down, to confiscate them, to destroy them, to dispose of them."

The state recorded 226 injuries related to ebikes in 2024. But, in the initial half of 2025, that figure jumped to 233 injuries plus four deaths.