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 home 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 were produced at its Chatsworth, Los Angeles location.
Brunswick offered 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 planet will be created, with a mixed revenue of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles initially designed, manufactured, and bought by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance functions to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, although RECO was at all times produced in-house.
