It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his attempt to market motorcycle frames. Skip Hess began 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 had been produced at its Chatsworth, Los Angeles location.
Brunswick sold 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 firm in the world shall be created, with a combined income of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles initially mongoose hybrid bike designed, manufactured, and offered by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was an entirely owned manufacturing division created for insurance functions to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, even though RECO was all the time produced in-house.