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