I have a red one, I got it from a bike shop that sells it for about 425. I traded something for it.
My bet is they have an overstock on the black ones and maybe they dont sell as well as the red one. The place I got it from would of got me a black or a red one. I liked them both and just had to pick one so picked the red one. For 270 I would scoop up the black one.

I love the bike, I have 2 fixies a Pure Fix and the Lager , the Lager is more comfortable for some reason.