Oh dear, I am not having luck with presta valves. I have just changed from mountain bike to road bike - and love everything about the change except the presta valves.

I have so much trouble just getting the pump to attach properly to the valve stem. And of course, with all that wiggling around, I broke the end off the valve. Thankfully the air stayed in and I was able to ride. But last night I tried to inflate the tyre again, and of course all the air rushed out, meaning a tube change. Only took me an hour to do the change - a new bike so I had not had the tyres off before.

But then I coudn't pump the silly thing up again. I did manage to - after about 20 mins of fuddling around. But of course, the main danger is that all this will have weakened the valve and we will have a repeat performance.

Just venting - sort of know what to do, but not coping well!

So if anyone has any "Presta valves for dummies' solutions??