‘Lost control’: Outrage after group of e-bike hoons filmed riding on Sydney Harbour Bridge

There are renewed calls for urgent e-bike reform after an “e-bike gang” rode across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Tuesday afternoon.

Video of a large group of people illegally riding e-bikes along the main deck of the historic bridge has emerged online.

About 40 high-powered e-bike and motorcycle riders were filmed joy-riding across the historic bridge, with footage showing them swerving between traffic shortly before peak hour on Tuesday.

The group later performed wheelies and rode recklessly along Sydney streets, with some riders filming themselves in the act.

Riding bicycles and e-bikes along the main deck of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is illegal.

The group of riders was allegedly led by online influencer Sur Roonster, who has 2.4 million TikTok followers.

Footage shows the influencer, who specialises in motorcycle videos, signing autographs on the e-bikes and motorcycles of some other riders. He is not accused of any wrongdoing.

A NSW Police spokesman said police were called to Hickson Rd after calls of about 40 people riding recklessly and dangerously but were unable to make any arrests.

Urgent calls for e-bike reform after 'e-bike gang' spotted riding along Sydney Harbour Bridge

“Officers attached to Sydney City Police Area Command and Traffic and Highway Patrol Command attended the scene and located approximately 40 riders who were riding on the Harbour Bridge dangerously,” they said.

“The group dispersed a short time later. Police could not initiate a pursuit due to safety concerns.”

The group were seen at 5.30pm the same day and given a stern speaking to by police before they were allowed to leave.

Following the wild vision, Liberal transport spokesman Natalie Ward said urgent reforms were needed to stop copycats illegally hooning on e-bikes in the streets.

She said the latest incident on the Sydney Harbour Bridge was proof the NSW government had “lost control” of e-bikes.

“This is not a one-off. This is organised, deliberate and now openly filmed because riders know there are no consequence,” she said.

“(Transport Minister) John Graham needs to step up or step aside on this one. He has clearly lost control.”

She said the videos were proof that action was needed, rather than a caution.

“Joy-rides on the Sydney Harbour Bridge are stupid, unsafe and a middle finger to the police and the community,” Ms Ward said.

“Labor keeps obsessing over wattage, speed caps and technical definitions.

“These kids know they are unaccountable and untouchable until there is compulsory licence plates, enforcement and accountability.”

NRMA spokesman Peter Khoury also weighed in on Wednesday, welcoming calls for an e-bike registration scheme and urging authorities to extend reforms to e-scooters.

“Clearly New South Wales and Australia has a problem on its hands. It clearly has a serious road safety problem on its hands,” Mr Khoury said.

He said the footage circulating online should concern motorists across the state and warned the issue could become another major road safety crisis if left unchecked.

“What we need to do is find a way to get these kids off these bikes. And absolutely get these kids off our roads while they’re riding these bikes,” he said.

While the NRMA supports registration, Mr Khoury said more powers were needed, including allowing police, and potentially council rangers, to confiscate bikes being used illegally or by underage riders.

“This can’t be a problem for the police to have to deal with alone. This needs to be an all of community approach,” he said.

He also called on parents to stop buying high-powered e-bikes for their children and urged stronger enforcement of existing laws, warning multiple laws were being broken at once during Tuesday’s incident.

“We can’t have children riding illegally across the Harbour Bridge in peak hour,” he said.

Mr Khoury said illegal bikes must be removed from roads and stressed parents and the wider community had a responsibility to help prevent further dangerous behaviour.