OK. Is there a trick to these? Tonight got home from work and was wanting to ride before it got too dark. Needed to top off the tires and ended up making a mess of the valve trying to get the pump's head off the valve. I then found I didn't have a spare tube and no ride-- No time to run to LBS and back before it got dark.

I'm wondering here is there a trick to the Presta valve to get air into the tire and the bike pump head (floor pump with quick release) off the valve without loosing a ton of air? I was trying to rush getting the pump off and in the process, I think it hung up on the threads of the valve, but either way trashed the tube.

Tips or techniques wanted!!

Shannon