Dan and I did another stretch of the Schuylkill River Trail today, a damp grey Friday (but with no real rain, luckily). We started at Betzwood Trailhead in Valley Forge National Historical Park and rode west out to Pottstown, which was where we had started heading west on our SRT ride three weeks ago. We didn't realize that part of today's route (7 miles in each direction) was on busy roads between Parkerford and Pottstown, including PA 724 with its crappy, rumble-stripped shoulder and 55 mph speed limit; a more careful look at the map showed a dotted line for a "proposed" section of trail. Poor signage at those end-points, too. Rider beware! You are on your own in what is definitely car & truck country. Most of the trail sections were nicely paved, and wide. I got thrown from my ride when a swing-gate barrier in Phoenixville jumped out in front of me; I clung to the horizontal bar while my bike kept going without me. Whacked my sternum pretty good, but if the bar had been fully fixed in place and hadn't swung maybe 30 degrees on its post, it would have been a lot worse. Later Linda asked if I was paying attention. I said Yes, but to something else (my rear blinkie). Coming off a street onto the trail from a side angle, I didn't notice the barrier until the last second. I expect it looked pretty comical. I hope no girls were watching.