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Weights are a bit meaningless unless we know bodyweight. 140Kg is pretty impressive if you are my weight, but less so if you weigh 150Kg!
I'm doing my bodyweight (80kg) with 3x5 twice a week (along with lots of other exercises) although it's getting too easy and I need to buy some more plates this week.
I would never bother with upping weight unless I was 100% with form and squatting deep enough. I'd be happy to get to squatting 100-115kg at the end of the winter, providing the form can stay the same. But I haven't been doing weights properly for a year yet.
I was 76Kg in the summer, I'm happy with the weight gain, it's never easy to gain muscle whilst still doing a lot of conditioning work & cycling as my aim is to be faster on a bike, not necessarily put on more muscle although I'm happy to do so if it = speed.