ny biker, there is no one sided truth here. Everything depends on how you feel. Of course, if you feel dizzy, you should eat something before you work out. I feel OK in the morning after a cup of black coffee. If I do morning exercise, I have to get up really early to eat breakfast, wait to digest it and then cycle. I prefer to use the time to sleep.
You can be right: "try to move the meals towards the active part of day". But again there is another side of the coin and the same principle is used in the Intermittent fasting and even better: in the Warrior Diet, i.e. in order to digest fully the food, your body needs rest. Food digestion (especially of carbs) makes you sleepy and lazy. So, they fast in the active part of the day and eat a big meal in the evening. Yes, and they also lose weight, depending on their caloric balance.

I don't support either way and there is not an only answer to this. Just everybody should experiment and try which way is best for their body.
As far as fasted cardio for fat loss is concerned, my whole daily routine included: coffee, 20-30 minutes fasted cardio, protein shake/amino acids immediately after that. After 1-2 hous: protein(eggs usu)+complex carbs (oats). Depending on my day, I rotated strength training or longer and non-intensive bike riding in the afternoon. I ate simple carbs after the weights+again protein (milk usually). My dinner was protein (meat) and salad. My late dinner was always curd and walnuts. So, my glycogen was never full, I was always "fasted" in the mornings because of the small amounts of carbs and especially during the eveneng. Eating the slowest possible digested protein (casein from the curd) just before bed, combined with the fats from the walnuts which made it even slower to digest, ensure my good sleep. I hate when I go to bed slightly hungry and I can't even fall sleep if I eat dinner at 6 p.m. I'm already starving until 10 p.m.