Quick Release in Bolt On Fork
 

So essentially, I'm wondering if I can put a quick release wheel on my fork, which is from a 2013 SE Draft. Well, I know I can. It's just that the clamp is not flush with the flanges on my fork. Another piece of info is that the original wheel with NOT fit on the fork that this quick release wheel came off of from my road bike; the axle is too big. Here's some pictures of the QR is the Draft fork:

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The little white part around the quick release is where it's not flush. So, is this fork just no good for QR hubs? Or would I just need different skewers? I searched for a while but couldn't find any definitive answers, hopefully I didn't miss anything.

Thanks in advance!
Ando

It looks perfectly normal to me, what am I missing?

I guess I just wasn't sure how it was supposed to look (my road bike's fork just has a lip on the bottom, not a flange all the way around) and thus wasn't sure if this was okay. That, plus the fact that the stock axle wouldn't fit in the road fork made me nervous.

just a fancier wheel than used to be there. front axles are pretty standardized at 9mm

rear , usually 10mm ..

Just make sure it's all the way in the fork ends and you'll be fine. It looks completely normal to me. What Mavic wheelset is that by the way? Looks sweet.

Your bolt on wheel with the large axle is the oddity here.

Cool, thanks for the info guys! just wanted to make sure my front wheel wouldn't just fall off if I put a quick release on their.

And the wheel is a Mavic Cosmos, just the front one. Works well for me!

External cam skewers, the blingy, light, color-matched variety don't clamp as well as dull, old, heavy internal cam skewers.
This, particularly together with disc brakes can be a definitely risky combination which has prompted a bit of a redesign on fork dropouts.
While not strickly required on rim brake wheels I wouldn't be at all surprised if a manufacturer let some of the design features carry over from disc forks into rim brake forks. A wide coverage "lawyer lip" will slow down wheel removal just as much as a narrow coverage version.

Either way, I'd be a bit concerned if the skewer sat on the rim of the recessed area instead of on the bottom of it. If it sits at the bottom, I'd see no reason for concern.

might paint the dropout so it looks pretty , again.

since the bare steel is, apparently, offensive looking to your aesthetics.