Mountain bike became tougher to pedal?

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Has anyone encountered this before? My bike used to ride nicely, gliding pretty well. But for some reason, its become much harder to pedal. Heck, I actually have to pedal to move it on a small downhill slope (when I first got it, it used to just glide down by itself on the very same slope)...

Its started screwing up after I repaired a puncture (took the wheel off) but I've taken a look at it many times since, I still cant find where the excess resistance is coming from... My chain's gone a little rusty too since I haven't used it in a while now (due to the resistance problem). Would some WD40 on the chain fix that?

Any help is greatly appreciated :) thanks all!
 
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