10 Mar 2009 - Introducing "Introduction" + updates
The new  Introduction levelpack becomes the starting pack in new BoD releases - easy and nice levels demonstrating basic gameplay features should help new players learn basic biking skills.

By the way, the following enhancements have been added:

"Need help? Click here!" hints how to complete a level and offers to replay the tutor ride (instead of starting the replay immediately)

Ghost bike uses the tutorial recording if a given levels was not yet completed

(Palm only) "rescue" can now handle multiple players' recordings

(Palm only) new "Go To Hall of Fame" menu option opens the Hall of Fame listing for the currently played level (or its Levelpack Explorer page if the level is not in HoF). I forgot to include this in the iPhone update, will be added in the next one.

Palm:
download Bike or Die 2.1b

iPhone:
Bike or Die in AppStore (the above changes are added in version 2.1.3, will appear in the store soon)
Bike or Die - Lite Edition (recently released free version)

13 Feb 2009 - New in Hall of Fame: Winter Pack and One Wheel Fun!
The 14th Hall of Fame levelpack is  Winter Pack, containing 14 amazing levels created by the best Bike or Die players!

If you downloaded the Winter Pack before, please delete it and download the current version, otherwise your scores won't be accepted into the Hall of Fame!
Players using the old Bike or Die v1.6, should upgrade to the most recent version 1.6b, earlier versions contained a bug that affected the radial gravity levels, which was not an issue until now - as the Winter Pack is the first Hall of Fame pack using radial gravity (see  Planet Time Trial).

Do you prefer freestyle over time trial racing? The new competition has just started:
 One Wheel Fun - "Save rubber, ride on one wheel!"
Is it possible to complete a level using just one wheel? Probably not, but can you go farther than anyone else?

More about Freestyle

25 Dec 2008 - Bike or Die! 2.1
I thought the iPhone version will appear first (it has been sent to AppStore few days ago) but the delay is longer than expected. I managed to compile the new Palm version in the meantime

And here it is:
Download Bike or Die! 2.1a for Palm

- introducing "Save & Resume", as shown in the previously published video
This means the game will be easier and less frustrating for new players - you don't need to play the level from the very beginning each time you die. However, you still have to complete the level in one go in order to submit your score to the Hall of Fame.
The new "automatic Save & Resume" feature is ON by default, which means you will experience it just by playing the game as usual. This might be not what you want if you are the experienced player struggling to get the best Hall of Fame score - read the Hints below to learn how to tame Save & Resume.

Hints:

Note the "R" icon in the bottom right corner. It reminds you the current game has been resumed (so you won't be surprised you can not submit it later)

Restart the game twice in a row to get back to the beginning (making the game HoF-able again)

You can disable the automatic saving completely (see Control Options)

Even when auto saving is disabled, you can still save manually, anytime you want (press and hold Pause, or define a button in Control Options/Function)

Notes:

The "R" icon is also displayed in level selector if a given level was only completed by resuming.

As a "side effect", the game is now also saved on quit (and resumed on the next start). Such feature was requested long time ago - after all, this is the standard Palm application behavior.

Palm only: Manual camera movement is now more usable - it stays in place after releasing the pen so you can look around more comfortably while playing. Wait a few seconds to shift back to normal. (iPhone version worked that way since 2.0)

Bug fixed in 2.1a (Palm)

levels completed by resuming did not unlock further levels

19 Dec 2008 - Bike or Die! is going to be easier!
Most people who play the game for the first time complain on the very high difficulty level so i decided i have to do something.

The change is small but very influential: ability to save and resume the game. So now you don't have to play the level from the very beginning each time you die (this was the most frustrating for newbies!).
There are 2 ways to use this: the autosave algorithm saves the game after collecting a red flag or at any place considered "safe", so in many cases you don't have to do anything to benefit from the new feature. Those who want more control can also save the game anytime they want be pressing and holding the "pause" button.
But there is one catch: you still have to complete the level in one go, in order to submit your best score to the online competition. Changing this rule would be unfair to the people who already played long hours to get their Hall of Fame medals!