---- ===== Hillman Cycles ===== Henry and Loma Hill founded Hillman Cycles & Radio in 1945 in Melbourne, Australia. They both locally made and imported custom mountain bikes in small quantities starting in 1983.((First Alpine & MB mentions in Aug 1983 Freewheeling Issue 21: [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents]])) Hillman Cycles closed August 2016. ((See info from old Hillman website: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170518115633/http://www.hillmancycles.com.au/|hillmancycles]]))

{{hill.jpg?360|Henry Hill}} \\ Henry Hill [[https://www.facebook.com/Hillman-Cycles-109834825733947/|Hillman Cycles Facebook]]

---- ===== 1983 Alpine ==== The pic is from the Sep/Oct 1983 issue of [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents/|Freewheeling]]. SunTour Mountech, lugged Tange. Also advertised is a MB frame made with Reynolds 501.

Announcing the first Australian built frame for Fat-Tyred (Bush Bike) bicycles: Hillman MB frames. Hillman ad in Freewheeling issue [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents/|#21]].

{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Alpine}} \\ 1983 Alpine [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents/|Freewheeling #21]]

---- ===== 1984 Alpine ==== Pictured is a Mark II, which is mostly a pedal and brake upgrade, retaining the SunTour Mountech derailleur((The picture suspiciously shows something more resembling SunTour aRX GT (1981-1983) instead of the more modern Mountech. However, derailleur cages are often swapped to increase capacity which confuses identification.))

{{1984.jpg?300|1984 Alpine}} \\ 1984 Alpine [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents/|Freewheeling #23]]

---- ===== 1985 Alpine ===== Restored and not at all original.

{{1985.jpg?300|1985 Alpine}} \\ 1985 Alpine [[https://www.bicycles.net.au/forums/viewtopic.php?t=79172|bicycles.net.au]]

---- ===== 1988 MTB ===== Shimano Deore XT m730 (1987-88), TIG frame, u-brakes. No pictures of an offroad Hillman seems to exist past this model.

{{1988.jpg?300|1988 MTB}} \\ 1988 MTB [[https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/hillman-mtb-1988.13910/|retrobike]]