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A lifestyle statement, or a lifetime commitment? L to R--Greg, Wendy Barreto and Rohit Sudharshan during their B'lore-Goa riding trip A rider doing the Tour of Nilgiris last year When Gregory Barreto (now 31) told his wife Wendy (now 29) that he wanted to cycle from Bengaluru to Goa, her first thought was: “Are you out of your mind!” Then she warmed to the idea and the incredible challenge it offered. The couple knew they must train to test their endurance for the 560 km distance they plannned to cover. “But we really didn't practice regularly. Once, we cycled to Nandi Hills (about 60 kms from Bengaluru city), came back home, and basically collapsed,” recalled Wendy Barreto. Did they really have it in them to do the Goa trip? In January last year, the couple, accompanied by close friend Rohit Sudharshan, achieved what they thought would be near-impossible--cycle from Bengaluru to Palolem in south Goa, with a stopover at Gokarna (Karnatak...