It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his try to 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 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 bought by Montreal-based Dorel Industries in 2004. By combining Pon.Bike and Dorel Sports, a leading bicycle company on the earth will be created, with a combined income of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a model name of bicycles originally mongoose hybrid bike designed, manufactured, and bought by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was an entirely owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, although RECO was always produced in-house.