Why is carbon fiber often used as a stick to hit objects in sporting goods

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Things like Badminton rackets, Tennis rackets, golf clubs, softball bats and hockey sticks. I know its light and all but what are the other reasons why is it used as a stick to hit objects? Can someone give me a detailed answer? Edit: Is tensile strength an important factor to making these sticks if so why?

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dont discount that CF looks cool and has great public opinion.

Yes, it has plenty of positive physical properties, but in some cases, its used in all the wrong ways on cheap products just because its tantamount to painting a sports car red.

In some cases, its just a fake film applied over another cheaper material to look like Carbon fiber.

At this point, even if you had a superior material to use, you might forgo it because the market would likely not value it.

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