Road bikes.

your question is a bit too broad, can you get more specific in terms of budget for example, your riding area is hilly or flat ? your background in cycling ? your age and size eventually ?

The riding area in which i plan to cycle is mainly flat, ( Main roads ) With the Odd hill or two, 17 years of ages, and 5ft 10. Budget 500-600.

As for Background i used to do downhill racing, but gave up due to moving away and losing contacts with many of the riders i rode with and i guess never got back into it.

ok that puts you on into the so called entry-level Road Bikes by good manufacturers, this means that you will get a good deal or good for the money transaction, as an example the Scott Speedster line, (but you need 800 usd) http://www.scott-sports.com/global/en/products/227904/scott-speedster-60-14-bike/ size for you would be XS49 or S52 (this is just one example, there are many other choices in the entry level market) or you can try your luck in Ebay and get a better bike for the same amount of money, like having more gears (9 speed cassette for example, or even 10), but since you will be riding mainly in the flats then having less gears wont hurt your riding too much anyway, a higher group for components, established brands like Shimano, Sram, Campagnolo, Truvativ and others, do have components for every price range, there are so many options it would be difficult to guide you there in the used market, there is obviously the good old bicycle shop option (referred as LBS) , where you can see things with your eyes and even test ride the bikes, you will also need to carry maintenance and buy accesories every now and then, so i would start by going to one of those, don't forget apparel, you will need cycling shoes, cycling shorts and a cycling jersey, and last but not least a cycling computer to record your speed and distance at least, there are many options to chose from, if you want an easier start buy normal platform pedals, that you could use with running shoes or common shoes, normal shorts and a t-shirt and later on as you get more enthusiastic you can start buying cycling apparel and shift your pedals into cycling clipless pedals, a helmet is a good idea at all times, and lights if you ride at night (those can be installed and uninstalled easily), lights are not for you to see the road but for cars to actually see you !

thank you for all of this useful information, if im going to do this frequently i will get all of the appropriate aparell straight off so i dont have to worry about it later on. I saw this bike just out of chance halfords.comproduct storeId 10001 catalogId 10151 productId 888017 langId 1 categoryId 165710Open ↗

I know buying a bike from halfords is probably frown upon, but it just caught my eye as i was browsing around and i mean the price isnt too bad..

Once again thank you for your help and advice! Really do appreciate it!

yes good choice that one, it comes with the pedals i was talking you about, but it is also a smart decision to start straight off with cycling shoes, i would support that decision, don't forget to chose the proper frame size, p.s. the cateye computer offered in the bundled deals happens to be one of my favourites