After two days of fighting traffic driving the car to work I was looking forward to a nice relaxing bike ride into the office today. The first half of the ride was nice and relaxing. Then the cable to my front derailleur snapped, but I was still able to ride and it's not a difficult or expensive fix. But 15 minutes later while gliding around a corner a 3 inch nail injected itself into the sidewall of my rear tire. First I heard the pop, then the simultaneous sounds of air escaping and a tire skidding to a stop. After puncturing the inner tube the nail managed to stick out far enough to smack one of the rear fender supports hard enough to twist the fender enough to tear it half apart and pull the Jagged Edge into the rear tire tearing it and freezing the rear wheel. I was lucky enough over lunch to get the shifter cable replaced and buy a new tire and inner tube. The new fender is on order.It's an SKS p45. The front fenders have quick release clips so that if something gets caught in the spokes the fender disengages and the spokes are saved. However, for whatever reason the rear fenders did not have the quick release clips. I don't remember if that was my doing, or if they were designed that way. Even so it's hard to know if that would have saved the fender.

All in all, still less frustrating than driving.