It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his attempt to market bike frames. Skip Hess started BMX Products, Inc. out of his residence 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 have been 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 in the world will be created, with a mixed income of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a model name of bicycles initially mongoose mountain bicycles designed, manufactured, and offered by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, despite the actual fact that RECO was at all times produced in-house.