Response to Any spinners out there?

I got myself a new wheel (what a treat!) and I sealed the wood and got the thing assembled. NOW, damned if I can get the spinning right. My daughter and I have been making really horrible yarn for a couple of days. The wheel is an Ashford Traditional, and the fiber is clean, hand carded mohair. Here's the thing; it has too much twist. If I tighten the spool brake it is too hard to treadle, and if I feed it faster onto the spool, the yarn is inconsistent, falls apart in places, or the spool won't take it up fast enough anyway, and overtwists.

This is probably going to resolve with practice??? Or possibly I have adjusted the new wheel wrong? What's this sound like to you experienced spinners?

Thanks in advance --R

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