James is trying to raise money for research into treatments for chronic pain... by doing a massive 156.9 mile (252km) bike ride around London. 

James suffers from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS*) and cycling has been an amazing outlet for him, enabling exercise without wiping out his ability to move for days/weeks/months. It's not pain-free, but it's tolerable (sometimes). 

Most charitable organisations that focus on chronic pain, do so from the perspective of helping care for those that experience it. That's great and definitely needed, but I believe that chronic pain conditions like CRPS and many more can be better understood and treated. I'm all for being positive, but living like this is not fun and I want to do everything I can to help change my life, and the lives of countless others, for the better.

*CRPS stands for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and is a condition that causes extreme chronic pain in one or more limbs. 35% of patients report that the condition spreads to every limb in their body over time. According to multiple studies, CRPS is the most painful medical condition known to man (e.g. McGill Pain Scale).

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