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I have some good news.
Genesis is releasing a 650B bicycle that base on their Croix de Fer model called the Col du Glandon, it claim to be a youth model, but look big enough for says, cafewanda.
It have the full 8 speed Shimano Claris groupset which is a lots better than the original 2300 that have a tiny paddle shift on the hood, the chainring is a 46/34 which is ample with the 11-30 cassette on the rear, huge range of gearing for all sort of terrain.
Cantilever brakes, don't know why they didn't just put mini-v as the Claris levers work well with them as well.
http://road.cc/sites/default/files/imagecache/preview_500/images/Genesis%20Bikes%202014/genesis%20bikes%20col%20du%20glandon%20-%20side.JPG
Best thing about it, it's well priced at £650, I haven't seen the geometry sheet yet, but it look very promising as the seat angle look fairly relaxed and doesn't look like there's toe overlap issue too.