Hi welcome. I'm also fairly new. For the first time since I was a kid, I got two bikes this past year that actually fit me fairly well. A mountain bike (bought new at my old LBS in Ohio). The owner had the right mountain bike in my size, like it was fate that we stopped there on our trip to visit my family and bring our cats home. My cats were up there for a couple of months for our move. I also bought a used road bike that is at the very limit of what fits me, but it fits and I love it. Have found I prefer a road bike to any other bike. Of course my husband prefers mountain bikes. LOL