cycling and ramadan

[Brains]

btw, Ramadan was clearly designed for countries closer to the equator than we are. It wasn't meant to be that tough. I don't know how muslims in Reykjavik (for instance) are going to survive the next 3 or 4 years.

South African Muslims however have it easy for the next few years.

As you say, it was not designed for countries to far from the equator, Mohammed (and the religions that preceded him,) designed their fasting period for the time of the year when you have the least amount of crops, so Ramadan, Yom Kippur and Lent should all be fixed for spring equinox, so 21st of 'March in the northern hemisphere and the 21st of September in the Southern Hemisphere and for those on the equator perhaps it should be timed with the monsoon/rainy season

 

[esrite]

You have, of course, googled something like 'ramadan and cycling' and read the first page of links, yes?

I did us google but found no useful advice and was wondering what experiences others have (theres always useful advise on here). For me its the fact that winter was so long, cold and windy and now my body is back at its peak (i can pick up some decent speed on my hybrid) that I have to cut short cycling through this decent weather. Add to that the extortionate train fare to enter London zone 1 for a month made me wonder if I could just "pootle" along. There are some hilly points on my normal route. Im still not sure, I do wonder if I might 'bonk' or loose concentration on London roads.