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Manc to Alton Towers
For profiles, click Show --> Elevation Profiles
The laney way, 800m of climb, 55 miles (plus some for wrong turns)
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Manc-to-Alton-Towers-1
The Buxton hilly way, 1200m of climb 50 miles
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Manc-to-Alton-Towers-2
IIRC, the short drop down to buxton at 39km is savage, though it don't look it on the profiles. If you're brakeless then you'd prob have to walk, skid stop the whole way down, or pick up fuck loads of speed and wipeout towards the bottom, braking with your face.