Wasn't Mongoose a real life sponsor of the movie? And within the movie, isn't the Mongoose team portrayed as the bad guys? If so, why did Mongoose pay to make themselves look bad?
Kind of a puzzler isn't it? But you know exposure is exposure and even though the team came off as elitist the equipment was shown as being first class.
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Anyone else find it ironic how Mongoose was a professional brand that only sold in bike shops at the time....and Duke Best is talking about selling Mongoose bikes "in every department store across the nation"? The irony is that Mongoose would in fact go on to sell bikes at places like Wal-mart and Target, LMAO!! Looks like ol' Duke got what he wished for.
shareNot to mention the quality went the way of Murray and Huffy. I used to ride a Mongoose before they sucked.
share No doubt. My first high end bike was a Mongoose Californian. $214 (In 1984 money) and I had to wait two weeks for it to come in. I saved up for months for that bike and it was worth every penny. On a whim I looked at the bikes @ Wally-World a few days ago and to see the name Mongoose slapped on a bunch of third rate bikes made me sad.
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Mongoose was bought out by Pacific Cycle. That is the reason why you see crappy bikes at walmart with the mongoose name.
Pacific cycle also bought out GT (dyno). Then they killed off the brand.
Only Haro and Redline remain as innovative top tier bmx companies left.
I figured as much. Pacific Cycle. Probably more like Pacific rim Cycle . It's a shame than an entire generation of kids only know Mongoose as a 2nd rate box store brand bike.
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Yeah, Mongoose certainly followed a "life imitating art" process after this movie. I remember when Mongoose and Schwinn were big names... now... yeah, if Wal-Mart carries your bike, that's a sign.
shareI got that same bike also in '84. Mine was all chrome with the black pads, tires, and seat. My friend had one chrome and everything else was blue. I remember it being like $200+. Still can't believe my Dad bought me that. My brother got a Kuwahara (Im sure I misspelled that) at the same time. Remember those bikes? They rode them in E.T. My other brother who was 10 years older than me had a Redline before we got our bikes. My brother still has his Kuwahara as far as I know. I believe it is hanging in his mother in law's garage. We used to race BMX at a track in Kentucky. Still got a bunch of trophies. Ahhh those were the days.
shareMine was also the version w/the black accessories. There was the blue one your friend had, and a red version which my friend's brother had (The red version makes a brief appearance in the movie The Monster Squad).
Kuwahara (I had to check the spelling, lol. You got it right.)! E.T. totally put them on the map. In fact, E.T. is generally credited as the first Hollywood film to really help BMX go mainstream. It's funny because it's not a BMX movie, but the bikes are so heavily featured in the final act that it made a huge impression with kids across the country.
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Mongoose was the bomb back in the 80's. I had a GT pro performer and my friend had a Mongoose and I was mad I didn't get the Mongoose those things were light as a feather. Today they are the new Huffy being sold in Walmarts. Really sad how they sold out.
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