Marzocchi Bomber coil for me, 3years on now, never go back to air, soooo much plusher! Also bought from TFTuned sent to me in France. Also fitted Vorsprung Smashpot coil fork conversion which is ace, only had a Yari to work with, so a big improvement!
Sram 220mm rear disc for my Decoy, I know maybe 220 is perhaps overkill for the rear (already have 220 on front) but needed a new disc anyway and run Hope V4 brakes, which while bombproof, aren't the most powerful out there, first ride this morning and really happy!
There's already an adapter there with the 200, I'm thinking it's a 180-200 adapter so the calliper doesn't bolt direct to the rear triangle in order to protect it from wear n tear......
On a basic level, the only thing that wears discs and pads is using them! Are you braking mostly with the rear without realising it? The only other thing could be a lever problem where the pads are constantly touching the disc, try spinning the rear wheel halfway through a ride to see if the...
Can't help with the legal side of things, but that definitely looks like it's exploded from the inside out, rather than impact damage, the only other thing that could cause that kind of break would be landing on the front wheel vertically after a biggish drop-off, guessing that's not the case...
Fitted a Cushcore to the rear today, nothing like the ball ache a lot of people say, but trickier than a normal tyre swap for sure, the secret is to really use the rim well to give everything a chance to fit.....
The reason for fitting one was we're pretty rocky round here, so I've been using DH...