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One important factor when building a bicyle is strength to weight. Stainless does really well here. Its pretty good at stiffness to weight too. I doubt these 'to weight' ratings would fair so well against carbon tubing though.
http://reynoldstechnology.biz/assets/pdf/rtl_steel_alloys_extract.pdf
Still a fantastic material to build a frame out of, in the right hands.