Brunswick bought Mongoose to Pacific Cycle in 2000 and Pacific Cycle was purchased by Montreal-based Dorel Industries in 2004. By combining Pon.Bike and Dorel Sports, a leading bicycle company on the planet shall be created, with a mixed revenue of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a model name of bicycles initially mongoose mountain bicycles designed, manufactured, and sold by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance functions to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, despite the precise fact that RECO was all the time produced in-house.
It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his attempt to market motorcycle frames. Skip Hess started BMX Products, Inc. out of his home in Simi Valley, California in September 1974 along with mongoose hybrid bike his first product being the well-known Motomag One wheel. In its early years Hess recalled that about 600 frames per day have been produced at its Chatsworth, Los Angeles location.
