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Any one of those bikes will work for you. I can't speak specifically about those models but all three come from established companies with good reputations. When you buy the bike get an under the saddle bag and ask the dealer to put together a flat tire kit for you. If you'll Google "how to fix a flat bicycle tire" you should get about 6,000 tutorials on how to do it. Buy some gloves, they'll help absorb the road shock and make the ride a little easier. There is as much argument about this in the bicycle community as there is in the motorcycle community, but I recommend buying a bicycle helmet. Not wearing a helmet and going a couple of miles an hour I feel off my bike and broke bones, I didn't hit my head fortunately but I considered it a pretty good warning. The deal with the seat posts with shocks is that they absorb some of your pedal power, they're also annoying as hell when they bob up and down.
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