It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his try to market motorbike frames. Skip Hess began BMX Products, Inc. out of his house in Simi Valley, California in September 1974 along with mongoose mountain bicycles 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.
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 quantity one bicycle company on the planet might be created, with a combined income of round 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles originally designed, manufactured, and bought by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, even though RECO was always produced in-house.
