Although carbon fiber can be relatively expensive , it has many applications in aerospace and automotive fields , such as Formula One racing and wherever high strength-to-weight ratio and rigidity are required such as sailing boats and rowing shell hulls , top-end bicycles and motorcycles , As manufacturing techniques improve and costs reduce it is becoming increasingly common in small consumer goods that require strength , lightness and stiffness such as : laptop bodies , tripod legs , tent poles , fishing rods , hockey sticks , bows and arrows , racquet frames , stringed instrument bodies , drum shells , golf clubs , crash helmets and billiards cues .
It is becoming increasingly common in small consumer goods as well , such as laptop computers , tripods , fishing rods , paintball equipment , racquet sports frames , stringed instrument bodies , classical guitar strings , and drum shells .