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Indeed! You will have a real job finding any kind of bike with 700c wheels to fit you if you're shorter than me! I'm just over 5'2". A 48cm frame is too big for me if it has 700c's on it, so I would suggest if you're going for an adult frame like a Fuji 48cm then you definitely need 650s on it, if not smaller (but the clearance would be massive if you went smaller) unless you have ultra long 36" legs or something. 650s are quite easy to find - as well as Velocity Deep Vs, Mavic also do some, and if you're after a bargain there's usually pretty decent lil Mavics on eBay (and the Holy Arrospok often comes up in the old 650 size on eBay too! Even though aerospoke no longer make a 650, they told me. Oh and Hed3!)
On the availability issue, even Evans Cycles stock 650 tubes (apparently) so once you have your rims the only issue is running into the bike shop when you have a puncture. I know this because Evans Cycles on Farringdon Road (very small shop, they must have even more retarded staff than usual in there) "could help me if my wheels were 650, actually are you sure they're not 650?". Yes I am sure they're not.