It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his try to market motorcycle frames. Skip Hess began 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 were 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 quantity one bicycle firm on the planet shall be created, with a combined revenue of round 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a model name of bicycles initially mongoose mountain bicycles designed, manufactured, and sold by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance functions to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, even though RECO was at all times produced in-house.