diff --git a/upath/core.py b/upath/core.py
index 71a07743..691c6675 100644
--- a/upath/core.py
+++ b/upath/core.py
@@ -234,9 +234,8 @@ def path(self) -> str:
                 path = str(current_dir)
             else:
                 path = current_dir.parser.join(str(self), self_path)
-        else:
-            path = str(self)
-        return self.parser.strip_protocol(path)
+            return self.parser.strip_protocol(path)
+        return self._chain.active_path
 
     def joinuri(self, uri: JoinablePathLike) -> UPath:
         """Join with urljoin behavior for UPath instances"""
diff --git a/upath/implementations/cloud.py b/upath/implementations/cloud.py
index 27bef5de..5c39108d 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/cloud.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/cloud.py
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ def __vfspath__(self) -> str:
                 return f"{path}{self.root}"
         return path
 
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> str:
+        self_path = super().path
+        if self._relative_base is None and self.parser.sep not in self_path:
+            return self_path + self.root
+        return self_path
+
     def mkdir(
         self, mode: int = 0o777, parents: bool = False, exist_ok: bool = False
     ) -> None:
diff --git a/upath/implementations/http.py b/upath/implementations/http.py
index 4e4f4dbd..b2c2ee58 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/http.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/http.py
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ def __str__(self) -> str:
         sr = urlsplit(super().__str__())
         return sr._replace(path=sr.path or "/").geturl()
 
+    @property
+    def path(self) -> str:
+        sr = urlsplit(super().path)
+        return sr._replace(path=sr.path or "/").geturl()
+
     def is_file(self) -> bool:
         try:
             next(super().iterdir())
diff --git a/upath/tests/test_chain.py b/upath/tests/test_chain.py
index dff872f8..8455dbcd 100644
--- a/upath/tests/test_chain.py
+++ b/upath/tests/test_chain.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
@@ -18,6 +19,33 @@ def test_chaining_upath_protocol(urlpath, expected):
     assert pth.protocol == expected
 
 
+def add_current_drive_on_windows(pth: str) -> str:
+    drive = os.path.splitdrive(Path.cwd().as_posix())[0]
+    return f"{drive}{pth}"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "urlpath,expected",
+    [
+        pytest.param(
+            "simplecache::file:///tmp",
+            add_current_drive_on_windows("/tmp"),
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "zip://file.txt::file:///tmp.zip",
+            "file.txt",
+        ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "zip://a/b/c.txt::simplecache::memory://zipfile.zip",
+            "a/b/c.txt",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_chaining_upath_path(urlpath, expected):
+    pth = UPath(urlpath)
+    assert pth.path == expected
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "urlpath,expected",
     [