Originally Posted by jschen

Agreed that those are some awesome bikes for a first bike. I'm sure you'd love any of them. I'd pick either the Tarmac or the Onix just because support will be closer if/when you need help. Pick the one with the more helpful store. Unless you already really know what you're doing with a bike (maybe from a different cycling background) and don't expect to ask for much help should anything go wrong... then I dunno... pick whichever one you like the looks of the best, I guess.

[e] Looks like I posted at the same time as Prodigy4299 with basically the same advice. You love all those bikes. Great. Do you feel welcomed at all those stores?