In reply to JTM:
My favourite roads are:
The Cat and Fiddle road, especially the descent into Macclesfield
Gun Hill, especially if you go up the side from the Macclesfield-Leek road, and then down into Meerbrook. The road up from the middle of meerbrook to roach end is an amazing climb, which then gives a really cool descent to Gradbach etc, and the potential to link up with Flash.
Anything around Wildboarclough is generally pretty good too, though the road along the bottom of the valley is a bit of a killer false-flat if you get it from the wrong direction.
I have linked up a load of good roads here if it helps give you a few ideas:
http://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_2880657.html
I know it's all very much on one side of the peak (the side I live on!), and it's obviously not meant as a route, but I would pretty much recommend any part of it as well worth doing.
There's also some good stuff worth doing out towards Longnor.
Hope this helps.
S