Front suspension on a 2017 Aspen.
 

I currently own a 2017 Aspen Super Sport bike and it is extremely unreliable, but I love it. I love the style, the off-road capability, and how much fun it can be, but there are issues with it. The biggest of those problems is the front suspension. The suspension has cheap chrome plastic-like material covering the metal in the shocks, but it constantly slides down, locks and unlocks after a couple days of no use, and has suspension adjusters that spin forever. Does anyone know what to do about these problems?

I don't think you're gong to have much luck finding help here. I did a little research and that bike is from china by a furniture company https://www.primointernational.com/ with knockoff sunrace components. it's a giveaway product when you buy furniture as far as I can tell. That's a self branded fork and at that price point, the dials are likely decoration. I'd ride it until it falls apart or becomes unsafe then buy a better bike. It's not worth investing anything in that bike.


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Thank you.
 

I think that whole bike is unsafe right from the day it was new.

What I did was go to source for sports and asked them to redo the suspension and the shifter and they did not dissapoint me so I reccomend you just swap out the forks cause the stock forks suck.

We had a couple of Aspen's at our local bike coop. Both were disasters. On a par with big box store bikes. "Not intended for stunt or off road riding" Best to just junk it and look for a decent bike. One owner had to change nearly every part on it just to keep it rolling as an city commuter. After a couple months he got a better bike. Not built for trail use at all.


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Aspen Super Sport
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Aspen Super Sport

From what I've seen watching other mechanics working on these bikes, they are actually worse than most big box store bikes, despite looking a tiny bit more like a quality bike. The stems are known for failing.

I'd consider replacing the stem and fork if you have a coop or other means for inexpensive, reliable parts since front end failures can be catastrophic.

They put the style in to make it resemble an old Trek more than a current Walmart. I like how the head tube is pretend tapered