The take away is at the end of the article

Okay, cool, we found a neat trick for making bike riding easier, but if I'm being honest, "break complex tasks down into simpler ones" wasn't exactly a revelation in fundamental pedagogical principles for me.

But what was a revelation was that taking the pedals off was even an option.

From now on, whenever I'm trying to learn something (or teach it to someone else), the first thing I'm going to ask myself is, "how do I take the pedals off?"