This is a pretty cool documentary on Mongoose

http://www.mongoose.com/KnowYourRoots

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I like this! I'm only partway through and having fun. How about the opening..."magnesium wheels...and the rest is history". Because we're all riding mag wheels now.

And the mention of a Huffy Penguin (I didn't remember the Penguin) led me to find this interesting bit of San Diego history: http://bikerodnkustom5.homestead.com/brainhistory63_muscle.html. Sure enough, in 1962 I was in Escondido busy modifying my POS Hawthorne bike exactly as described.

Back to the movie...

What? I remember that bitchin' Anglia, Skipper's Critter. Never knew the connection.

Check out the Harley behind McGoo...couldn't find it on ChopCult, but I'm sure it's there somewhere.

Ouch!!...I hadn't seen Chris Akrigg's fall before:



That movie was a great history lesson. It's a shame Mongoose feels kinda behind the curve mountain biking-wise, at least currently.

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Thanks for posting that. As far as stoke goes, it doesnt get much better than that.

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