Climber+ Extension

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Pavel B
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Hi everyone,

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

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

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

    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

    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

    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

    No DI2 😛

    SRAM Rival AXS rocks 👍

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    Doug Clark

    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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    Pavel B

    Hello, Dough

    Extension should work with route loaded, on start of ride the chip shows if there are climbs on route.

    There is a feature I can not implement, unlike native Climber, extension can't show "predicted" climbs even if there is no route loaded. That is hard to implement...

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    Doug Clark

    Panel, I think that’s it! I don’t usually ride with a route so I was expecting to see the climbs+ pop up. But thank you for clarifying.

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    Joachim Lutz

    Hi,
    really useful extension! Is it possible to adjust the position at the bottom? It currently covers the turn-by-turn directions. Alternatively, could there be an option to display the small pop-up at the top and the rest at the bottom? When everything is placed at the top, the medium-sized overlay covers the map and makes navigation difficult.

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    Joachim Lutz

    I’ve added some pictures to visualize the issue and suggest possible positions that could work better, marked in red.

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    John Pfennings

    +1 do like to be able to see tbt and distance next turn

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    Pavel B

    Hi guys, thanks for the feedback!
    I've released v1.0.7, the drawer and chip positions are now separated in settings.
    It also adds bottom split chip, (covers buttons a little but you either sacrifice this or tbt for bottom chip).
    Implementing dragging for chip might also would've worked, but I wanted to keep things simple, but if you wish, I would try at least...
    Also I am working on little bug with buttons now. Next/prev page and pause buttons don't work if drawer opened now, but will work in next version.
    Enjoy

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    Joachim Lutz

    Sounds pretty good. Will have a look and test on next ride

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