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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    Joachim Lutz
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    I did a few rides with the newest version, and the improvements work pretty well. However, I noticed an issue where the overlay covers the status bar, making it hard to read the time and battery level.

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    Pavel B

    It looks like some other extension overlay on top. This app must not draw anything like that about battery or time :hm:

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    Joachim Lutz

    It’s curious because it only appears when I open the Climber+ drawer. If I minimize Climber+, it doesn’t appear.

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    Andy Crowther

    Hi, I have just installed and watching the demo.  I was actually directed this way by a Reddit post about someone looking for information to be displayed showing how much longer the climb will take. Is this something that can be shown?  (I can't see it, but maybe I missed it. If it's not an option now, is it possible to come up with a ballpark projection?)

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