I went on an hour long bike ride with my 9 y.o. son and it was tough going telling him to slow down. It made me feel so bl££dy old and negativity set in a wee bit. When we got home, I walked with both bikes holding them by the middle of the handle bars. I was amazed when I felt my bike was hard to push and my son's wanted to almost roll by itself Something in my bike is binding together and the wheels are not free-running. Optimism returned
Greasing and oiling the chain splines would help, might be the case that the wheel spindles are overtightened..