For instance, my 1990 Cro-Mo Mongoose Solution. April 1984 was when all “Chatsworth” production ceased … Brunswick sold Mongoose to Pacific Cycle in 2000 and Pacific Cycle was bought by Montreal-based Dorel Industries in 2004.
The Mongoose brand name is synonymous with BMX having been producing BMXs in the USA since 1975. The range expanded to MTBs in the 80s and their range of bikes has continued to expand since. Would you say that anyone with a major monkey on his back (let’s just say, for instance a raging Cocaine addiction) would be able to do his very best work over and over consistently? Suffice to say, quality goods can and are produced in ways and places that would surprise us.
This men’s & women’s BMX bike has a Mongoose full 4130 Chromoly frame, removeable brake mounts, and mid BB shell. The Mongoose Legion L40 Bike is ready for the beginner to intermediate level BMX rider. Features such as a sealed bearing mid bottom bracket and s…
A few posts up there is a link to the new Mongoose bikes that are supposed to be as good as anyone else’s and are not walgoose editions. I did some mongoose fat tire bike digging on another site and found that by 1983 Mongoose frames were being built in Taiwan. I feel that bad now with mine being made there too.
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. The Legion L40 uses a 20.5-inch top tube, ideal for riders around 5’6”.