I bought my P2 a couple years ago and love the bike. This last month I noticed that the handlebars seemed to be flexing up and down when I was climbing .. on inspection I found a horizontal crack in the steerer tube just a hair above the headset. The break is about halfway through the tube and feels ready to snap if I were to pull up or down hard on the bars.

I'm now in a sort of quandary: I don't live especially close to any Cervelo dealers, and their policy is claims must go through a dealer. Since it's logistically difficult for me to get to a dealer, I am wondering if I should just write it off and buy a replacement fork online.

Have any Cervelo owners here had a similar issue with their fork? If you did, were you successful with a warranty claim? How long did the warranty process take?

Besides warranty, any suggestions for the most cost effective option for a replacement fork? Ebay? Also, will the fork from other P series bikes fit the P2? Its the newish model.. the blue/white 2015/16 frame. My budget is very tight so picking up a used fork would be great, but I cant seem to find any.

Thanks in advance for any help!