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New wheel missing quick release placeholder?

Aug 22, 2020
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Hi, I am new to upgrading to a pair of new wheel. I just received a pair of new carbon wheels and am clueless of how to fit a quick release on it. My old wheel has a placeholder for the quick release but this new wheel has no quick release holder. What have I missed?
and, my old wheel has the metal placeholder:
 
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Hi, I am new to upgrading to a pair of new wheel. I just received a pair of new carbon wheels and am clueless of how to fit a quick release on it. My old wheel has a placeholder for the quick release but this new wheel has no quick release holder. What have I missed?
and, my old wheel has the metal placeholder:
The new one is for a through axle (12 or 15 mm) (and its missing parts), the old one is for 5 mm quick release. You got the wrong configuration.