1997 Mongoose

Villain Mag

RIDER STYLE
Freestyle/Flatland
1997 Mongoose Villain Mag BMX Catalogue

Originally intended as the bottom of the range freestyle bike, the 1997 Mongoose Villain has a cro-mo freestyle down tube frame in chrome or black sky, with a chrome 1 inch cro-mo fork. Mongoose polished alloy stem, Mongoose hi-ten freestyle handlebar. Mongoose PVC soft grips, Dia Compe Bulldog front and rear brakes with mongoose alloy levers, Skyway made 3-spoke Tuff wheels and Mongoose DMC skinwall freestyle tyres. Mongoose 1-piece 170 millimetre crank set, with 43 tooth chain wheel, Mongoose composite pedals, 26.0 millimetre seat post, Mongoose freestyle seat and 3 bolt seat clamp.

BMX CATALOGUE
1997 models
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Sniper
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Race/Dirt
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Solution Team
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Solution Team Cr
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Solution Pro
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Solution Comp
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Supergoose Pro
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Supergoose Pro Cr
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Supergoose Comp
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The Fuzz
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Expert Pro
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Expert Pro Cr
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Expert Comp
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Allround
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Menace
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Racer X
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ORIGINAL SPECS
For this model
Frame
Fork
Handlebar
Rims
Hubs
Pedals
Front Brakes
Rear Brakes
Levers
Seat
Grips
Stem
Tyres
Cranks
CR-MO Downtube
HI-TEN
Mongoose Chrome
Motomag Skyway Tuffs
10mm CR-MO Axle
Resin Composite
DiaCompe Bulldog
DiaCompe Bulldog
Alloy
Mongoose Freestyle
Mongoose PVC
Polished 4 bolt Alloy
DMC Freestyle Skinwall
1pc 170 43T Alloy

Headset Size

1"

Seatpost Size

26.0mm

Top Tube Size

Unknown

Original Colours

chrome gloss black
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Serial Number
Format

HFFX000000 HFGY000000
Made in Taiwan.
Fourth Letter in the serial indicates year of production. F=1996 or G=1997. X in the example above indicates production Month (E to L - May to Dec). Y in the example above indicates production Month (A to D - Jan to April).

Bikes made in Taiwan usually had an 8 month production and shipping timeline before they were sold in bike shops around the world. In May of any year, factories would usually switch production to making models for the following year.