Mongoose is a brand name of performance bicycle

Bicycle

A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....

s originally designed, manufactured, and sold by BMX Products, Inc. Mongoose merged in 2001 with Pacific Cycle

Pacific Cycle

For the Taiwan-based folding bicycle company see: Pacific CyclesPacific Cycle, Inc. is an American bicycle importer and distributor founded in 1977 by Chris Hornung. The company owns the following brands; Schwinn, Mongoose, Roadmaster DYNO , InSTEP, Pacific Outdoors, Powerlite and Cannondale....

, a subsidiary of Dorel Industries

Dorel Industries

Dorel Industries Inc. is a Canadian company, based in Montreal, Quebec, which designs and manufactures for three areas: juvenile, home furnishings and recreational/leisure. It was formed in 1987 as a result of a merger between Dorel Co. Ltd., founded in 1962 by Leo Schwartz and Ridgewood...

. It produces several models of BMX

BMX

Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...

, mountain bike

Mountain bike

A mountain bike or mountain bicycle is a bicycle created for off-road cycling. This activity includes traversing of rocks and washouts, and steep declines,...

s, and street bicycles, making ample use of light weight alloys and magnesium

Magnesium

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. They company is based in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

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.

History of BMX Products, Inc.

Skip Hess started BMX Products, Inc. out of his home in Simi Valley, California in September 1974 with his first product being the famous Motomag One wheel. As told by Hess, “When the Motomags were the first and only product I produced, I could remain working from my home and garage in Simi Valley. I bought a van to transport the Cragar made heat treated castings to shot peening and then to the machine shop where after machining, the wheels were boxed and shipped. About a 1 ½ years later when I chose to manufacture frames and complete bikes I leased a small industrial shop in Chatsworth. Within the next 2 years we moved three times in Chatsworth to accommodate our rapid growth. We settled in the Irondale facility until April 1984 when we moved to our wholly owned, newly built, 105,000 sq. ft. Moorpark facility”.   

According to Hess, at its largest stage of expansion, BMX Products, Inc. employed about 85 people. In its early years Hess recalled that about 600 frames per day were produced at the Chatsworth location.

RECO (Racer Engineering Company) was a wholly owned manufacturing division created for insurance purposes to be separate from BMX Products, Inc, even though RECO was always in-house. It was headed by Vice President of Manufacturing Hoppy Brooks in his attempt to market motorcycle frames but was viewed by Hess as “totally unsuccessful”. 

Pacific Cycle Years

Since being sold to Pacific Cycle in 2001, the company has expanded to developing a wide range of bikes and performance parts, as well as skateboard

Skateboard

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s, and electric scooter

Scooter (motorcycle)

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s. It is heavily involved in professional bicycle events, and sponsors many riders (such as Eric Rupe

Eric Rupe

Eric Fitzgerald Rupe is an "Old School" American professional bicycle motocross racer. His prime competitive years were from 1978 to 1990....

) in various competitions, including the X Games

X Games

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 and the Dew Action Sports Tour.

Mongoose sells essentially two lines of bicycles. One is a line of discount bikes offered through mass-merchandisers like Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart

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, Toys "R" Us and Target

Target Corporation

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. The other featured on their website, are higher-end models sold through specialty bicycle shops.

2007 Bike Models

BMX - Brawler, Expect, Fraction, Legion, Menace, Mischief, Motivator, Pit, Rogue, Shield, Subject, Supergoose, Villain

Downhill/ Freeride Bikes - EC-D, Black Diamond Single, Black Diamond Double, Black Diamond Triple

All Mountain - Canaan, EC-X

Hardtail XC - Amasa, Meteore

Dirt Jump - Fireball, Hardball, Hard Luck

Commuter - Bosberg, Crossway, Koppenburg

2008 Bike Models

BMX - Blaze, Brawler, Expert, Fraction, Legion, Menace, Mischief, Mischief Mag,Motivator,Ace,
Rogue, Pit Crew, Shield, Supergoose, Subject, Villain

Downhill/Freeride Bikes - EC-D, Black Diamond Single, Black Diamond Double, Black Diamond Triple

All Mountain - EC-X, Canaan, Khyber, Otero, Teocali Comp

Hardtail XC - Amasa, Meteore, Rockadile

Dirt Jump - Ritual, Fireball

Commuter - Bosberg, Cipressa, Crossway, Kaldi, Koppenburg, Morzine

2009 Bike Models

BMX - Expert, Brawler, Menace, Motivator, Rogue, Villain, Mischief, Subject, Pit, Supergoose, Shield, Fraction, Legion, Blaze

All Mountain - Khyber, Canaan, Otero

Hardtail XC - Amasa, Meteore, Rockadile

Dirt Jump - Fireball, Ritual

Commuter - Croix, Crossway, Maurice

2010 Bike Models

BMX - Fraction, Legion, Shield, Chamber, Diagram, Thrive, Article, Culture, Capture, Program, Subject, Mischief, Logo, Pit Crew, Shafin ex-z

Downhill/ Freeride Bikes - Boot'r Team, Boot'r, Pinn'r Foreman, Pinn'r Apprentice, Nugget

All Mountain - Teocali Comp, Teocali Elite, Teocali Super

Hardtail XC - Tyax, Rockadle

Dirt Jump - Fireball

Commuter - Croix, Crossway, Maurice, Kaldi

2011 Bike Models

BMX - Fraction, Legion, Shield, Article, Capture, Diagram, Subject, Chamber, Culture, Logo, Program, Thrive, Blaze, Micron

Downhill/ Freeride Bikes - Boot'r, Pinn'r, Nugget

All Mountain - Salvo, Teocali

Hardtail XC - Tyax

Dirt Jump - Fireball

Commuter - Sabrosa

External links

• Official website
• BMX Museum An old school BMX community with forums, photos etc...
• Vintage Mongoose History of Mongoose, B.M.X. Procucts Inc., Vintage Collectors Resources