These are Paris bicycling fashion statements!

Cool. Did you notice the mother in the black-and-white photo is riding a mixte. I wonder if it is a Peugeot mixte.

Nice scene.

I commuted for years with a cape in to Naval Station Norfolk and it was a bit tricky fishing my ID out to show the gate guards. Apparently there weren't many other cape users because the Marines just started waving me in after a while.

I recently started using a Carradice again and it works great. I took it on TOSRV and I stayed cool and dry while my ride mates were constantly stopping to put rain gear on and take it off. Another cool thing you can do with a cape is when it stops raining you throw it up over your shoulders and quickly air dry.

I like my campmor cape, my feet get a bit wet but on a warm day it's nice to have that breeze to keep you dry and cool. Works pretty well for the most part.

I am thinking of getting the ones the Dutch ride to Canada and the US:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=421111

So some of these capes atttach to the seat post? Is that not dangerous?

My campmor one does not hook to the post, it has an elastic band that you put around your waist to keep the whole thing form flapping around too much, it's nice because I can wear my backpack under the cape and rely on the elastic to hold everything together.
It also has little elastic hooks for your thumbs so you can keep it over your legs while you ride.

not that i know of.
yes, it would be.

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I hook my campmor cape to my seat post, although I suppose I could put my it around my waist. I'll try that next time--is that why it has two loops--one for each leg?

I don't think it's dangerous to hook the loops to the seat. You just have to be careful getting off the bike.

my campmor cape has little loops for my thumbs and a larger loop for the waist, works very well unless the rain you ride in is being pushed around by some wind, i tend to wear my backpack under the cape so that my bag stays dry also but that affects the fit and the wind blows half the cape over the bag...frustrating sometimes so maybe i wear the bag outside the cape next time and just make sure my stuff is wrapped in plastic

joy