This three-seater bicycle will be familiar to all fans of 1970s comedy.

The bike ridden by the Goodies - Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden - is somewhat worse for wear but is now awaiting the tender loving care of cycle collector and restorer John Malseed.

Goodies fan Mr Malseed knows little about the machine's history but believes it was given away as a competition prize.

"It fell into decay and was found by a man in East London. We then did a straight swap.

"It is a bit special and is a peculiar design with its curved tube frame which makes it quite pleasing but very definitely a one-off."

Mr Malseed, of Crown Street, Dedham, who owns more than 100 bicycles, would like to see a record sleeve of Goodies' songs by Decca which has a good picture of the bicycle before starting restoration.

"I do feel the machine has a place in the history of bikes and of the Goodies. It is always nice to get one which is associated with celebrities," he said.

When the bike is restored, it will go into Mr Malseed's collection but he is also prepared to lend it out for charity purposes.

He is a fundraiser himself and last year rode one of his penny farthings from Lands End to John O'Groats to raise money for charity.

The rpoud new owner of the Goodies' comedy three-man bike

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