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 firm on the planet might be created, with a mixed income of round 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles initially designed, manufactured, and sold by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was an entirely owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage functions to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, although RECO was all the time produced in-house.
It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his try and market bike frames. Skip Hess began 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.
