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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 1983.1)
Hillman Cycles closed August 2016. 2)
Henry Hill
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1983 Alpine
The pic is from the Sep/Oct 1983 issue of 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 #21.
1983 Alpine Freewheeling #21
1984 Alpine
Pictured is a Mark II, which is mostly a pedal and brake upgrade, retaining the SunTour Mountech derailleur3)
1984 Alpine Freewheeling #23
1985 Alpine
Restored and not at all original.
1985 Alpine
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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 MTB
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1)
First Alpine & MB mentions in Aug 1983 Freewheeling Issue 21: http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents
2)
See info from old Hillman website: hillmancycles
3)
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.
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