We have lots of advice for newbies in this forum but we don't follow all of it ourselves and there's no one right way. A lot depends on you: your preferences (which change), your location, your fitness, your circumstances at either end of the ride. Go test-ride some things and see what you like.
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Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."