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Timbersled Founder Allan Mangum Launches New Snowbike Company

BY BROOKE ASTELLS

Most people know Allen Mangum as the founder of Timbersled, one of the first companies to develop snowbike conversion kits. In 2015, Mangum sold Timbersled to Polaris and continued to work for the company on a five-year contract.

When his contract with Polaris ended in 2020, Mangum was left wondering what his next career move should be.

“I was sitting there thinking: what do I do next?” says Magnum. “I was 36 when I sold Timbersled, and I’m not ready to retire yet—I’m the type of person who needs to stay busy.”

The idea of starting up a new snowbike manufacturing company wasn’t planned, he says. But after some soul searching, Mangum, whose deepest passion lies within the snow industry, realized that the natural progression for him was to start over with a new project.

Assembling A Team

Mangum’s first choice for the position of General Manager of the new company was Rush Corder. Corder has been part of the snowbike world for over a decade, and is an avid rider and technical ambassador for the sport.

The timing couldn’t have been better for Corder to join Mangum, as he had recently resigned as the head of IT at a healthcare facility.

“I wanted to do something that I loved doing, not just something that I was good at doing,” says Corder, about his decision to pursue a new opportunity.

With a strong team in place, Mtn.Top Snowbikes was born.

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Mtn.Top Snowbikes headquarters is located in Idaho, and all components will be manufactured in the US and Canada.

The company’s first offering will be the Mtn.Top XFR 129 Snowbike kit (pronounced “Transfer 129”).

When asked about the appearance of the new snowbike kit, Mangum points out, “From a distance it looks [familiar] but up close you will realize that it is all different for a reason. I am not experimenting here; everything on it has a specific purpose that fulfills a bucket-list of things needed to build the most functional snowbike kit.”

The XFR 129 improves on the most basic rider needs, Mangum says. The developer asserts the XFR 129 to be “more comfortable to ride, less fatiguing, with much lighter feeling steering and overall more compliant, thus making it easier to ride.”

Corder adds, “This one model will be capable of handling everything from deep snow performance all the way to the trail. In fact, it has better trail mannerisms than anything we have seen before.”

He points out that the XFR 129 can be configured by the end user to “adjust to their riding preferences, from athletic agility to extreme mountain climbing; it truly is a onekit-fits-all.”