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 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 sold 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 number one bicycle company on the planet might be created, with a mixed income of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a brand name of bicycles originally mongoose hybrid bike designed, manufactured, and bought by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was an entirely owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, even though RECO was always produced in-house.
