The Dirty Little Secret of Training Wheels

The point of training wheels is not to give you a permanent set of two more wheels, so you never have to learn how to ride a bike. Here's the dirty little secret of training wheels. If they're working correctly, they cannot both touch the ground at the same point. And what? You going to still be annoyed with those wheels, right up to and through the moment when you haven't yet realized you're riding a bike.