sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message mongoose type subsidiary industry bicycles founded september 1974 ; 42 years ago 1974 09 simi valley california u.s. headquarters madison wisconsin u.s. products bicycle and related components parent dorel industries website www.mongoose.com a mongoose head badge . mongoose is a brand name of bicycles originally designed manufactured and sold by bmx products inc. mongoose merged in 2001 with pacific cycle a subsidiary of canadian conglomerate dorel industries . it produces several models of bmx mountain bikes and street bicycles making ample use of light weight alloys and magnesium . the company is based in madison wisconsin . contents 1 history 1.1 bmx products inc. 1.2 pacific cycle years 2 external links history edit bmx products inc. edit 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 . 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 its chatsworth los angeles 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 produced in house . it was headed by vice president of manufacturing hoppy brooks in his attempt to market motorcycle frames . pacific cycle years edit 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 skateboards and electric scooters . it is heavily involved in professional bicycle events and sponsors many riders such as eric rupe in various competitions including the x games 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 walmart toys r us and target . the other featured on their website are higher end models sold through specialty bicycle shops . external links edit official website v t e dorel industries subsidiaries cannondale gt bicycles pacific cycle iron horse bicycles mongoose roadmaster schwinn v t e american bicycle manufacturers current american star bike friday bilenky cycle works bohemian brooklyn bicycle co. bontrager calfee design cannondale catrike centurion chumba racing co motion columbia cortina cruzbike cycle force group dahon diamondback dynacraft bsc electra ellsworth handcrafted fantasy toys lowrider bicycle & hobby felt fuji fyxation gendron inc. gt haro huffy ibis independent fabrication international surrey company iron horse italvega jamis k2 sports kent international kestrel litespeed magna marin masi melon milwaukee mongoose moots next nishiki novara pacific pope priority pure cycles quality quintana roo r e rans designs razorusa redline rhoades car ritchey design rivendell roadmaster richard sachs santa cruz santana schwinn seven shelby shinola soma fabrications specialized surly terracycle terrible one tommaso torker transition trek turner suspension univega valdora van dessel sports villy custom volagi waterford precision wilderness trail worksman yamaguchi yeti zigo defunct american american machine and foundry chicago clark kent e. c. stearns eagle fat city fleetwing gary fisher gormully & jeffery jmc klein kogswell lemond lotus merlin murray overman pocket rambler ross serotta sol stelber sterling wright components bell sports bicycle technologies international coker tire fox racing shox fyxation giro hayes brake burley design rockshox slidepad speedplay sram l.h. thomson zipp rolf prima retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mongoose bicycles & oldid 744406013 categories bmxcompanies established in 1974mountain bike manufacturerscycle manufacturers of the united stateshidden categories articles lacking sources from march 2010all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 00 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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