mountain bike issues/fixes

Well so far we have fixed part of the issues I was having with my mountain bike. My husband was able to change the fit enough that it now feels more like my road bike. That was the first fix. Today we figured out my front brake needed adjusting. Hmmmm, no wonder it seemed extremely difficult to ride and I was having issues riding it very far. That should be fixed now. After several different saddles my husband finally put his old mountain bike saddle on my mountain bike and we adjusted the tilt of it. It's not the right saddle, but it's better than anything else I've tried so far. It's the saddle that actually came on his Trek 3700 Mountain bike, which we bought around 7 years ago. At least now I think I have a starting point to find a better saddle. Oh and we put those end bar things on the end of the mountain bike handles, which makes it more comfortable in that aspect as well for me.