First Road Bike - Which to get

I'm looking to buy my first road bike, this is mainly to be used with a direct drive turbo trainer and Zwift, although with scope to actually use it on the roads should i decide i want to.
Could anyone please give me some advice as to which is best? The plan is to remove the cassette from the bike and put it on the trainer. Am i right in thinking i'm better with a 10 or 11 speed cassette on that basis?
Due to discounts i can get it needs to be from Evans Cycles and i've narrowed it down to the following list (price i'd pay is listed to help compare at the price points. As mentioned i've not ridden a road bike before so something more relaxed would be good. I'm 6ft 3 and about 105kg (this will hopefully come down!)
Focus Cayo Al Sora 2017 - £175 - https://www.evanscycles.com/focus-cayo- ... e-EV308650
Trek Domane - £220 - https://www.evanscycles.com/trek-domane ... e-EV311989
Cube Attain - £242 - https://www.evanscycles.com/cube-attain ... e-EV319175
Jamis Ventura Comp - £252 - https://www.evanscycles.com/jamis-ventu ... e-EV306033
Pinnacle Laterite 3 - £292 - https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-la ... e-EV299415
Cannondale Synapse - £316 - https://www.evanscycles.com/cannondale- ... e-EV239411
Could anyone please give me some advice as to which is best? The plan is to remove the cassette from the bike and put it on the trainer. Am i right in thinking i'm better with a 10 or 11 speed cassette on that basis?
Due to discounts i can get it needs to be from Evans Cycles and i've narrowed it down to the following list (price i'd pay is listed to help compare at the price points. As mentioned i've not ridden a road bike before so something more relaxed would be good. I'm 6ft 3 and about 105kg (this will hopefully come down!)
Focus Cayo Al Sora 2017 - £175 - https://www.evanscycles.com/focus-cayo- ... e-EV308650
Trek Domane - £220 - https://www.evanscycles.com/trek-domane ... e-EV311989
Cube Attain - £242 - https://www.evanscycles.com/cube-attain ... e-EV319175
Jamis Ventura Comp - £252 - https://www.evanscycles.com/jamis-ventu ... e-EV306033
Pinnacle Laterite 3 - £292 - https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-la ... e-EV299415
Cannondale Synapse - £316 - https://www.evanscycles.com/cannondale- ... e-EV239411
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I’m fond of Cannondales - but from your use I don’t think you need disc brakes - and I’d avoid Claris as mentioned above. For me I think it would have to be the pinnacle - it’s sub 10kgs and has 105 on it.
If it's a Saturday job at Evans, I'm about to sign up!
It went out of control when the bike was described as a race bike .. not a bike that was going to be raced in BC crits etc.
That one is mad too!
In answer to the above post, the discounts are through Vitality Health. 50% off up to £1000 (depending on your level)
In the end i took some advice and bought a used Giant Defy off ebay for £180. It came with a dumb trainer and some clip pedals/shoes which i hope to sell on (don't expect much from them)
Picked the bike up on Saturday, the bike came with some clip on pedals and he gave me his trainers. They don't fit me so i'll be selling them on with the pedals (is there much of a market for them? They're Shimano pedals and Muddy Fox shoes)
The bike is only 8 speed (3x8) and all the direct drive trainers seem to suggest they need 9, 10 or 11 speed cassettes. I rang Evans who advised it should work ok but i might need to use a spacer. Went into the Preston store and the guy dug out a spacer for me and even removed the cassette saving me having to battle with that. He also took the pedals off for me. Because the bike had been sat for a long time everything was seized up so was glad they tackled it as i'd have probably been worried about using too much force and breaking something.
I bought some pedals which they fitted, more expensive than i'd have expected but was there and didn't want to delay things buying online, also bought some wet lube for the chain and a tool to re-tighten the cassette on the trainer (no idea of the name)
Got home and unboxed the trainer. Opened the instructions and was greeted by lots of confusion around "bike lingo". Managed to get things setup and i think it's all done properly. It seems fairly stable.
Got it all paired with Zwift and started cycling. I like the interaction. But i need to get a phone mount sorted as i was holding the phone in my hands whilst pedaling so couldn't really change gears!
I'd also been using a static bike last week in the gym and set on a hill program i didn't have to think about gears so that will be a learning curve. When i did change gears it all seemed very clunky. Last night i spent some time googling techniques for smooth gear changing and about avoiding cross chaining and things so will see if that helps.
Otherwise would it be worth getting someone to service it?
So I'm not sure any of the original prices are valid. There are caps, so you get £500 back, max, on a purchase of £1000 if you're platinum. But not £500 back on a £639 bike
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censored - Yeah i know, i had gift cards from doubling up Tesco points aswell which i was expecting to put towards a bike which brought the discounts down further and was also factoring in cashback through topcashback into my final price. It was only afterwards i realised Vitality doesn't issue rebates if you use gift cards so it would've bumped the prices up considerably, that led me to look more at used bikes.