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Shame me all you want, I'm not biking my commute in 90/20 degree weather with a backpack full of stuff including a laptop and no reasonable way to listen to music when I have such a comfortable SUV-type car.

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This is the whole reason congestion charges exist: to get people to weigh comfort and laziness against personal cost.

> no reasonable way to listen to music

...headphones?

Listening to headphones while bicycling isn't safe, and playing it from a speaker where everyone around you will hear it feels rude.

I've heard some good things about neck speakers with shaped sound having a minimal ambient impact, but that does get a bit pricier.

Trekz Titanium. Or any other brand of bone conduction headphone. They sound quite good for the price and the fact that I can hear everything else around me at full volume.

Wear one earbud.

Buses work well for hot days, and you can actually use your laptop rather than driving. Buses should have dedicated lanes and arrival times every 5 minutes.

I took a train for a commute for a while and I found it hard to focus on anything on the laptop for fear of missing my stop. Certainly wouldn't have worked for music. The anxiety's just too much in those situations. I like long Greyhound rides though.

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