#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
int head[100001], next[199999], to[199999], len[199999], N, E, q[100001], fa[100001], fe[100001], size[100001], mxson[100001];
long long O;
int main()
{
scanf("%d", &N);
for (int i = 1, u, v, l; i < N; i++)
{
scanf("%d%d%d", &u, &v, &l);
next[++E] = head[u], to[E] = v, len[E] = l, head[u] = E;
next[++E] = head[v], to[E] = u, len[E] = l, head[v] = E;
}
int H = 0, T = 1, u;
q[1] = 1;
while (H < T)
for (int e = head[u = q[++H]]; e; e = next[e])
if (to[e] != fa[u])
{
fa[q[++T] = to[e]] = u;
fe[to[e]] = e;
}
for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++)
size[i] = 1;
for (int i = N; i > 1; i--)
{
size[fa[q[i]]] += size[q[i]];
mxson[fa[q[i]]] = std::max(mxson[fa[q[i]]], size[q[i]]);
}
for (int i = 2; i <= N; i++)
O += (long long)std::min(size[i], N - size[i]) * len[fe[i]];
O <<= 1;
for (int i = 2; i <= N; i++)
if (size[i] << 1 > N && mxson[i] << 1 < N)
{
int XA = 1000000000;
for (int e = head[i]; e; e = next[e])
XA = std::min(XA, len[e]);
printf("%lld\n", O - XA);
return 0;
}
for (int i = 2; i <= N; i++)
if (size[i] << 1 == N)
{
printf("%lld\n", O - len[fe[i]]);
return 0;
}
return 0;
}