Quote Originally Posted by MDHillSlug View Post
I ended up buying a Presta valve adapter. It's slightly awkward but does the trick. I actually bought two, one to stay with the floor pump and one to keep in my saddle bag for emergencies.
I picked up some of those adapters today ( 1 for home 1 for bike bag) and it was much easier to pump up. i still deflated the tire initially, but at least I could pump it up this time and go for a ride after work

I obviosuly still have some kinks to work through but that helped a lot . THAnKs!