What GMP said.
Also re. the front fork adjustments. The axle should be greased. It is especially important to grease the wide part of the axle that fits inside the down tube on the non rotor side. Also make sure that this wide part of the axle has no burrs on it. If your not sure, you can take the threaded part of the axle in your hand and slide the thick part into the non rotor side down tube. It should fit and move in and out without binding.This down tube is the adjusting tube. Once the axle nut is tightened down and the rotor side tube is pinched the fork is adjusted by making sure that the non rotor tube isn't binding. I usually do this adjustment by sitting on the bike locking the front brake and pushing forward and bottoming out the forks a few times so they can find their place of least resistance. Then I tighten down the non rotor side pinch bolts.
If it still seems to be binding, you might want to ride it around slowly with the non rotor side down tube pinch bolts loose and bottoming out the front wheel by hitting the front brake a few times. Then tighten down the pinch bolts on the non rotor side.
Tony
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