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 income of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a model name of bicycles originally mongoose mountain bicycles designed, manufactured, and offered by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was an entirely owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage functions to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, even though RECO was all the time produced in-house.
It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his attempt to market motorbike frames. Skip Hess started BMX Products, Inc. out of his house in Simi Valley, California in September 1974 along with 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.