For a life still in motion
A quiet home for adults 50+ who still turn the pedals, still say yes to the early train — and to the long table waiting at the end of the ride.
Chapter I · The Lifestyle
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Pedal & Port is a Canadian home for adults 50+ who still lace up, still turn the pedals, still say yes to the early train and the long lunch. Not a bucket list. A way of moving through the years.
The shape of the life is simple. A ride in the morning. A harbour by afternoon. A table in the evening with people who have lived a little. We keep the list short so the days can stay long.
Chapter II · Featured Experiences
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The rides, harbours and hosted tables are the means, not the destination. The destination is a richer, healthier, more connected life — the kind you feel a week after you're home.
The road climbs. Your breath finds its rhythm. Somewhere past the second bend, the years fall away and what's left is the sun on your shoulders, the hush of tyres on warm tarmac, and a village you'd never have found from a car. You arrive at lunch a little slower, a little hungrier, and entirely awake.
Coastal routes, hill towns, unhurried days.
The light shifts before you do. A different harbour has drawn close overnight, church bells carrying across the water, coffee waiting on a quiet deck. There is nowhere to be until there is — and even then, only a cobbled lane, a market you'll wander at your own pace, and the slow astonishment of watching the world arrive to meet you.
Small ships, slow water, mornings that keep their promises.
It's the long table you remember most. Candles guttering, a second bottle opened without ceremony, laughter from the far end that pulls you in. Strangers at aperitivo, friends by dessert — and by the last morning, the quiet ache of a group that would happily keep going. This is what we came for, though none of us said it out loud.
A handful of travellers, one long table, the kind of week you talk about for years.
Chapter III · Three Moments
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On every good week, the same three scenes return. The rest is just the road between them.
The Ride
The pace that lets a place become real.
The Table
Where strangers become friends.
The Horizon
The next chapter, already waiting.
Mine started with a bicycle. Yours might start with a single yes.
Chapter IV · Meet Eric
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Every good journey has a host. Ours is Eric Mallari — the quiet reason Pedal & Port exists.
Eric Mallari · Founder, PEDAL & PORT
Known as “The Cycling Travel Guy”
A Note From Eric
Back in 2017, I wasn’t looking to start a business. I wasn’t dreaming about cycling across Europe or hosting group adventures.
I simply wanted to improve my health, find a new challenge, and make a positive change in my life.
There was just one problem.
I didn’t even own a bicycle.
“I can do this.”
Eric Mallari
Chapter V · The PEDAL & PORT Way
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The handful of ideas we return to often — the reason the rides, the tables and the harbours are chosen the way they are.
I’ve come to believe movement is a daily practice, not a season of life. A walk before coffee. A ride before the day fills up. The small, kept promise of a body still being asked to do something. Everything else I care about — the trips, the tables, the friendships — grows out of that one quiet habit.
Curiosity, I’ve found, is a compass worth trusting. A road I’ve never turned down. A country I keep meaning to visit. A person at the next table who’s clearly lived a little. The best years seem to belong to the people who stay interested — in a place, in a language, in each other.
The table matters as much as the trail. The long lunch after the long climb. The second bottle opened without ceremony. Some of the finest hours of my life have been spent sitting still, in good company, after a good day of moving.
And in the end, it comes down to the company you keep. The handful of people who’ll happily meet you at an early train, ride a little slower when it matters, and stay a little longer at the table. That’s the life Pedal & Port is quietly built around.
Travel ·
One invitation. Seven unforgettable days in Italy. A cycling holiday that changed the way I looked at travel and planted the seed for PEDAL & PORT.
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Founder Stories ·
How one borrowed bike — and a 100 km ride in 2017 — changed the direction of my life, and became the first chapter of Pedal & Port.
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Founder Stories ·
The opening letter of the Journal. On how a single decision — and one bicycle — became a way of living. Active lifestyle. Shared adventures.
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Chapter VII · The Invitation
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If any of this sounds like the life you’d like to be living, I’d love to hear from you. Not to sell you a trip — just to talk. About the road ahead, and where you might like it to take you.
Eric Mallari
Founder, PEDAL & PORT
The road is still open.
The table is still set.
Eric Mallari