Waverley mayor John Wakefield has thrown down the gauntlet to share bike operators, vowing to seize and impound the wayward bikes littering eastern suburbs footpaths and roads.

"We are going out next week and we are going to pick up the bikes. They are going to be put on trucks, and they are going to be taken for impoundment," Cr Wakefield told Fairfax Media.

Waverley mayor John Wakefield vows to impound wayward share bikes around the eastern suburbs. Credit:Jessica Hormas

He said that although he and the council "support the logic of share bikes", they "frankly had it with promises" from operators and that they had been given enough of a window to sort out the problems.

"There's your notice, guys. We're now about to action it. Get your act together. Stop taking us for a ride."