I’m not certain if this is real. It’s best if watched in order.
I don’t think it’s real; it looks like the bike should be dangling at an angle. It’s well done, though.
Maybe real physically, but definitely staged for the camera/youtube.
I’m not so sure about that. It looks like the balloon might be tied right in the middle.
What I’m wondering about is whether or not that balloon could lift that bike. I know there are some very lightweight bikes but are any that light?
Could these be from an ad for a lightweight bike?
Mythbusters did that one regarding a child. 44 lbs took around 3,500 balloons
Like Sunspace said, not real. The CG (Center of Gravity) is all wrong.
Try lifting your bike by putting your hand where the cord is tied. If your bike does not hang from your hand level as the bike in the vidio does, then you have your answer.
I tried this on my bike, I had to add some serious weight to the front wheel to get it to “fly straight” IE: level.
Maybe the bike is made of foam or paper, because that balloon isn’t big enough to lift a real bike (imho).
Also, almost no one uses cameras of that high quality anymore. Almost all real crazy internet videos are filmed on terrible quality cell phones at best or a potato at worst.
Sorry, kids! There’s the no such thing as hoverbikes! They’re just a couple of huffies on a fishing line!
Not enough balloon to be lifting a real bike. Fake bike, hidden wire, or trick video.
Here’s another real flying bicycle.
I’m a cyclist & I get to play with helium professionally. 
1 cubic foot of Helium (He) produces ≈ .063 lbs of lift.
Stated another way 15 cubic feet of helium has 1 lb of lift.
Hydrogen has slightly better lift, it’s a Swiss video, & Europe isn’t as crazy about not using H as we are in the US, but the short answer is there is no bike that light. That balloon couldn’t lift one of the wheels let alone the whole bike. Cute video though.
Oh I understand that. I just thought it might be an ad that was being a little hyperbolic to make a point that their bikes are very light.
ETA: How does being a cyclist entail the use of helium?
- Separate things, but as a former racer, I know that bike porn is measured in grams.
I thought that you meant you literally worked with helium gas. I thought maybe you did something like inflating your tires with helium, which would seem pointless but what do I know?
I do. *Very large *balloons, the kind with enough free lift that they can carry people.
Inflating the tires with helium would save some weight over inflating with air, though there’d be more weight savings from not having a beer (& it’s related calories). Yeah, like that’s gonna happen. :rolleyes:
In other words you’d get a far better payoff in reducing a bit aerodynamic drag.
And no one films by bobbing the zoom in and out haphazardly.
Since shakey-cam didn’t seem to add to the effect at all, one can only imagine that it was done to try and simulate “low quality” film. But of course, then you would expect the image quality to be “low quality”, which it is not.
And of course, the guy would be struggling with the balloon as he pulled it along, let alone while trying to tie the thing to the bike - which he is apparently able to do in under 2 seconds.
This one’s a motorcycle. It also must be fake but it’s funny.