My wife is really into cooking and baking and she has some of those things and that is it.  Almost nothing that isn&#x27;t in every kitchen.  I can&#x27;t speak to running but I&#x27;m into biking, I know people with all kinds of gear, but I get by just fine with my dad&#x27;s bike from the 60s and my day clothes.  Sure I could go faster with different clothes and an expensive bike, but the part about biking I enjoy has nothing to do with how fast money can buy me, but the places I see, the routes I find, the exercise I get, etc.  Some hobbies really do require more gear, but in every hobby you&#x27;ll find a spectrum of a minimum amount of gear people feel they need or want.<p>Also you mention doing a hobby &quot;well.&quot;  There is a big difference between competitive bike racing and biking an hour every day for fun and exercise.  Is someone who is into competitive bike racing doing their hobby &quot;well&quot;?  More so than someone who doesn&#x27;t have the gear and wouldn&#x27;t win the race?