#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef signed long long ll;

#define _P(...) (void)printf(__VA_ARGS__)
#define FOR(x,to) for(x=0;x<(to);x++)
#define FORR(x,arr) for(auto& x:arr)
#define FORR2(x,y,arr) for(auto& [x,y]:arr)
#define ALL(a) (a.begin()),(a.end())
#define ZERO(a) memset(a,0,sizeof(a))
#define MINUS(a) memset(a,0xff,sizeof(a))
template<class T> bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if(a<b){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if(a>b){a=b;return 1;}return 0;}
//-------------------------------------------------------

int N;
vector<pair<int,int>> E[202020];
ll ret;

ll dfs(int cur,int pre) {
	vector<ll> A={0,0};
	FORR2(e,c,E[cur]) if(e!=pre) {
		A.push_back(dfs(e,cur)+c);
	}
	sort(ALL(A));
	reverse(ALL(A));
	ret=max(ret,A[0]+A[1]);
	return A[0];
	
}

void solve() {
	int i,j,k,l,r,x,y; string s;
	
	cin>>N;
	FOR(i,N-1) {
		cin>>x>>y>>k;
		E[x-1].push_back({y-1,k});
		E[y-1].push_back({x-1,k});
	}
	dfs(0,0);
	cout<<ret<<endl;
}


int main(int argc,char** argv){
	string s;int i;
	if(argc==1) ios::sync_with_stdio(false), cin.tie(0);
	FOR(i,argc-1) s+=argv[i+1],s+='\n'; FOR(i,s.size()) ungetc(s[s.size()-1-i],stdin);
	cout.tie(0); solve(); return 0;
}