Originally Posted by bianchi10

for this to have a chance for me:

-get rid of those white tires!
-cut that steering tube
-black saddle
-black bartape
-black hoods

There is plenty of color happening in that frame. I would keep everything else simple. I think the reason its not hot for a lot of people because it has too much. Its too busy.
If you really wanted the white bartape and saddle, I'd at least get black hoods. Above all else, go black tires though. Colored tires on bikes remind me of little ricer cars that have colored stripes in the tread of their tires.