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NSW police have levied a penalty against an US-based online influencer and handed out two traffic infringement notices for reported reckless operation after a swarm of e-bike riders gathered on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the busy commute on Tuesday.

The Incident: An Illegal Gathering

A group of approximately 40 people riding e-bikes and motorcycles proceeded along the primary roadway of the bridge, an area where bicycle riding is banned. The assembly then turned around and traveled through the city’s CBD and Haymarket.

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

Police indicated they did not immediately pursue the riders due to safety concerns but instead located the group at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair near the city gardens, at which point they broke up.

Fines Imposed for Content Creator

On Saturday, police stated they had served the US social media influencer who goes by the influencer, 26, with two traffic infringement notices for negligent driving (not involving death or prior injury), with a penalty of over five hundred dollars and penalty points each, in relation to the bridge incident. They added that inquiries were continuing.

The personality is said to have more than 3.4 million followers on YouTube and over 1.2m on Instagram.

Creator's Response

The online figure spoke with a major newspaper this week after the incident spread rapidly on news sites and social media, saying he regretted giving "bike life" a negative image.

"I accept the blame. 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 meet and greet it was not meant to include a group ride, it was just to say hi under the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, I am to blame we found ourselves on the bridge and I had two choices: either the group rides the full length of the bridge and comes back, which is a crime. Or we turn around, basically, before we’re on the bridge. I chose at the time to turn around."

National Debate on E-Bike Regulation

The spate of e-bikes on roads nationwide has sparked growing calls for regulation. The federal health minister, Mark Butler, commented that non-compliant electric bikes were a "total menace on the road."

"Kids have done reckless acts on bikes ever since the penny-farthing [but] the harm that are presenting at our ERs are truly severe," the minister stated. "We’ve got to ensure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] police are given the authority to take strong action, to take them away, to crush them, to dispose of them."

NSW reported over two hundred injuries related to electric bikes in 2024. However, in the initial half of 2025, that figure surged to 233 injuries plus four deaths.