Maybe you should come to Seattle to shop, especially if you are thinking custom. Even here I've found it can be challenging to find something in stock to test-ride, if you're vertically challenged. But:

The exchange rate is in your favor, and

There are a number of excellent frame builders here. I just a had a great experience at R+E cycles (www.rodcycle.com). They're really great about having bikes for petite riders in stock. In fact, I could have ridden away with one the day I went in for my fitting, but I decided to go for custom paint.

I'm sure other Seattle-area TE'ers will have good ideas of places to shop, especially if you've narrowed down your ideas of what bikes you want to look at.