Brunswick bought Mongoose to Pacific Cycle in 2000 and Pacific Cycle was purchased by Montreal-based Dorel Industries in 2004. By combining Pon.Bike and Dorel Sports, a quantity one bicycle company on the planet will be created, with a combined revenue of around 2.5 billion euro. Mongoose is a model name of bicycles originally mongoose mountain bicycles designed, manufactured, and sold by BMX Products, Inc. RECO was an entirely owned manufacturing division created for insurance coverage functions to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, despite the actual fact that RECO was always produced in-house.
It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks, in his try and market motorbike 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 famous Motomag One wheel. In its early years Hess recalled that about 600 frames per day had been produced at its Chatsworth, Los Angeles location.