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 home in Simi Valley, California in September 1974 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 bought 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 shall be created, with a mixed income of round 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a model name of bicycles initially mongoose hybrid bike designed, manufactured, and sold 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.
