Climber+ Extension

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Pavel B

• July 08, 2026 10:04

Hi everyone,

Sharing Climber+, a climb overlay extension extending native Climber.

Repo & releases: https://github.com/hazzus/karoo-climber

Why I built it:
Two frustrations with the native Climber:

  - I don't need to see all 30 km of a climb in a tiny scale and the part I've already completed — I need to see what's coming. So Climber+ has display modes you cycle by tapping: remaining part of the climb, zoomed preview windows (next 2 / 5 / 10 km, configurable), or the classic full profile if you want it.
  - Fixed 100 m chunks aren't informative. The grade you see can be a chunk you're already halfway through. Climber+ shows the average grades of the next five 100 m chunks starting from your current position — they update continuously as you move, so it's always the road actually ahead of you.

Beyond that I kept it as close to the native Climber as I could — Hammerhead's own glyphs, the Karoo's condensed system font, unitless values (only the background color differs) — and added selectable grade palettes (Karoo, Wahoo, Garmin, Zwift, HSLuv, Turbo).

What it does

  - Permanent chip while a route is loaded: climbs done/total → countdown → live grade + distance to top
  - Drawer pops up automatically before each climb: colored profile, approach bar, dist/elev to top, the next-500 m grade strip
  - Full-screen view with four configurable data fields (climb metrics or live streams)
  - Climbs list with checkmarks for finished climbs
  - Demo mode — try it on the couch, no route needed

I would love if you could use it and give some feedback!

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  Markus Burkhardt

  • July 08, 2026 11:05

  Sounds very good, I will check it.

  On note from my side ;-) Your link is incorrect, see the correct one https://github.com/hazzus/karoo-climber-plus

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  Markus Burkhardt

  • July 08, 2026 11:26

  Can you give more data fields in the drawer? I need to see my rear gear when I'm climbing.

  This is neccesary for me.

  thanks

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  Pavel B

  • July 08, 2026 15:59

  Hello, Markus

  Sure, I've maximally expanded data fields selection and added support of Ki2 extension in case you are using Shimano.

  Update to v0.1.3.

  Enjoy

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  Markus Burkhardt

  • July 08, 2026 16:20

  No DI2 😛

  SRAM Rival AXS rocks 👍

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  Doug Clark

  • July 14, 2026 02:12

  I loaded the extension and gave permission to show overlay. on my ride today it never popped up. Is there a step to do with the native climb feature such as turning it off?  I'm confused as the native version popped up all day but not cliimber +.

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