for spring conditions like we have in the northwest, a nonlaminate, bicomponent knit softshell is what you might want to try. I'm not terribly familiar with the REI or performance product, but a softshell jacket at not a bad price comes from Canada's Mountain Equipment Co-Op. I believe it is called the MEC kinetec jacket and usually can be had on sale for about 80 bucks.

There are always a proliferation of this type of jacket at outdoor gear sites like mountain gear..... schoeller dryskin or dynamic pullovers or fullzips geared towards backcountry climbing, skiing. cloudveil makes quite a few bicompoenent knit shells, but at the pricey side of things.

Glued-Laminate (polartec powershields) or barrier 'softshells' (Gore windstopper) are too, too much for spring cycling.

A smooth shelled Epic or Pertex nylon often works as a wind/rain shell but do get a bit hot in the afternoons- you'll get much better temp/vent regulation with bicomponent knit softshell.

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