The invention relates to a device (19) for a
muscle-powered vehicle (20), comprising an
electric machine (8) with a rotor shaft (8.1), a gear (4) with at least one first
helical gear (5) and a second
helical gear (7) which mesh with one another, a pedal
crankshaft (9) and a housing (10) for accommodating the
electric machine (8), the gear (4) and essentially also the pedal
crankshaft (9), wherein the first gear (5) is arranged on the pedal
crankshaft (9) in a torque-transmitting manner, wherein the second gear (7) is arranged on the rotor shaft (8.1) in a torque-transmitting manner.1), wherein one of the two gearwheels (5, 7) is arranged to be axially displaceable and the other of the two gearwheels (7, 5) is arranged to support
axial force, wherein at least one first friction surface (3) is arranged on at least one end face of the axially displaceable gearwheel (5), which is assigned to at least one second, stationary friction surface (2), so that when the pedal crankshaft (9) is driven in the direction of travel of the vehicle (20), the axially displaceable gearwheel (5) is displaced axially in such a way that the two friction surfaces (3, 2) come into contact and generate a
friction torque.