$250 is a decent deal for a Bike-E. Those are easy-riding, comfortable bents that are on the slow side. Certainly one short ride isn't going to be enough to evaluate if one would actually enjoy riding a bent. The change is too dramatic to accommodate that quickly.

I was uncomfortable on my first couple or three rides. Now I greatly prefer riding a bent over a diamond frame. Not to say that everyone would, for of course there is no one bike geometry that is best for everyone.