For around the £500 mark i highly reccommend the cannondale synapse sora. Its very confortable and it flies!
However my first bike since i came back to riding was a carrera valour (mountain bike) and it has given me 800 trouble free miles so far so dont be put off by the carrera brand or halfords
However my first bike since i came back to riding was a carrera valour (mountain bike) and it has given me 800 trouble free miles so far so dont be put off by the carrera brand or halfords