Last year our LBS had a new tandem Raleigh for about $600. It had independent pedalling, unheard of on a bike that price. I am sure if you look around you can still find one of those. I'll do some searching and see if I can find you the exact model we looked at.

I'll be damned.. just went through the catalogs for Raleigh for the past few years and no mention of the ICS.. I know I looked at that bike and almost bought it! it was a great tandem cruiser, I was shopping for our first at the time and was impressed at that independant pedal feature for the price.

I'll have to drop by there this weekend and ask about it.