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 in the world might be created, with a mixed income of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles initially designed, manufactured, and offered by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was a completely owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, despite the precise fact that RECO was at all times produced in-house.
It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his try and market bike frames. Skip Hess started BMX Products, Inc. out of his residence 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 had been produced at its Chatsworth, Los Angeles location.