Have you ever whitnessed a train where the regulator is opened to fast?
Have you ever seen an unbalanced washing machine spin up, thats a non smooth power delivery as it takes more power/effort to move it.
There are plenty of walking machine efforts that shake them selves to peices when they try to move.
but these are completely different circumstances, and not even steady state. It's not enough to say "It must be so", you have to say why, and offering a lot of irrelevant examples isn't it. I agree that wheelslip is inefficient, but it's perfectly possible to pedal unevenly without that happening, in fact I think you're deluding yourself if you think you CAN pedal smoothly – look at the diagram for evidence!
Mind you i think sfb would argue that black was white just becuase.
no, I was just remembering something I read about 30 years ago about the staccatto power delivery of a single cylinder engine being better for grip off road. Of course, that may have been apocryphal too…
I freely admit I don't know the answer, but neither am I pretending I do while advancing specious justifications.
your position is to try to disprove anything anyone says, ever
I don't need to disprove things wot ent proved.
also traction engines and washing machines are highly atypical off road vehicles 🙂