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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.((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]]))


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

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===== 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.

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Announcing the first Australian built frame for Fat-Tyred (Bush Bike) bicycles: Hillman MB frames.
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Hillman ad in Freewheeling issue [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents/|#21]].
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{{1983.jpg?300|1983 Alpine}}
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1983 Alpine [[http://www.sustainabletransport.com.au/Documents/|Freewheeling #21]]


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===== 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.))

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


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===== 1985 Alpine =====

Restored and not at all original.


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



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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.

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



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