I have found a bike specific jacket that has zip off sleeves to work better for me. If I continue to warm on up, I can chuck the vest that is left. All fits well into the rear pockets on my jersey.

Yesterday I paid my first visit to REI.

OMG.

My wallet felt like a kid in a candy store. The ONLY thing that saved me was the looooooooooong lines at the checkout stands. I promised myself to come back when it wasn't so crowded. Anyway, they had all kinds of good things: lightweight yellow jackets with removable sleeves all of which folded up into a pocket, some fairly decently priced jerseys, some pretty cool shirts that would look good when I'm NOT riding, and on and on.

I almost bought a really cool hat on clearance that my daughter hated so I knew it was perfect for me...but those lines were murder.

Rock on REI!

DG, when you start buying there join their program. I just popped in and picked up about $200 worth of stuff and when I got to the checkout they informed me I had a $57 credit from the club from last year. It's almost like free money!