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

#ifdef LOCAL
#define dbg(...) debug(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__);
#else
#define dbg(...) 17;
#endif

template<typename T, typename S> ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const pair<T, S> &p) { return os << "(" << p.first << ", " << p.second << ")"; }
template<typename C, typename T = decay<decltype(*begin(declval<C>()))>, typename enable_if<!is_same<C, string>::value>::type* = nullptr>
ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const C &c) { bool f = true; os << "{"; for (const auto &x : c) { if (!f) os << ", "; f = false; os << x; } return os << "}"; }
template<typename T> void debug(string s, T x) { cerr << s << " = " << x << "\n"; }
template<typename T, typename... Args> void debug(string s, T x, Args... args) { cerr << s.substr(0, s.find(',')) << " = " << x << " | "; debug(s.substr(s.find(',') + 2), args...); }
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
typedef decay<decltype(MOD)>::type T;
struct mi {
    T val;
    explicit operator T() const { return val; }
    mi() { val = 0; }
    mi(const long long& v) {
        val = (-MOD <= v && v <= MOD) ? v : v % MOD;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD; }
    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const mi& a) { return os << a.val; }
    friend bool operator==(const mi& a, const mi& b) { return a.val == b.val; }
    friend bool operator!=(const mi& a, const mi& b) { return !(a == b); }
    friend bool operator<(const mi& a, const mi& b) { return a.val < b.val; }
    mi operator-() const { return mi(-val); }
    mi& operator+=(const mi& m) {
        if ((val += m.val) >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this; }
    mi& operator-=(const mi& m) {
        if ((val -= m.val) < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this; }
    mi& operator*=(const mi& m) { val = (long long) val * m.val % MOD;
        return *this; }
    friend mi pow(mi a, long long p) {
        mi ans = 1; assert(p >= 0);
        for (; p; p /= 2, a *= a) if (p & 1) ans *= a;
        return ans; }
    friend mi inv(const mi& a) { assert(a != 0); return pow(a, MOD - 2); }
    mi& operator/=(const mi& m) { return (*this) *= inv(m); }
    friend mi operator+(mi a, const mi& b) { return a += b; }
    friend mi operator-(mi a, const mi& b) { return a -= b; }
    friend mi operator*(mi a, const mi& b) { return a *= b; }
    friend mi operator/(mi a, const mi& b) { return a /= b; }
};
int main() {
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0);
    int n;
    cin >> n;
    vector<vector<pair<int, ll>>> adj(n);
    for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
        int a, b, c;
        cin >> a >> b >> c;
        a--, b--;
        adj[a].emplace_back(b, c);
        adj[b].emplace_back(a, c);
    }
    vector<int> sub(n);
    vector<ll> depth(n);
    vector<int> p(n);
    function<void(int, int)> dfs = [&](int src, int par) {
        sub[src] = 1;
        p[src] = par;
        for (auto nxt: adj[src]) {
            if (nxt.first == par) {
                continue;
            }
            depth[nxt.first] = depth[src] + nxt.second;
            dfs(nxt.first, src);
            sub[src] += sub[nxt.first];
        }
    };
    dfs(0, -1);
    ll ans = 0;
    bool ok = false;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        if (p[i] == -1) {
            continue;
        }
        ll weight = depth[i] - depth[p[i]];
        int up = n - sub[i];
        int down = sub[i];
        ans += 2 * min(up, down) * weight;
        if (up == down) {
            ans -= weight;
            ok = true;
        }
    }
    if (ok) {
        cout << ans << '\n';
        return 0;
    }
    int cent = -1;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        if (n - sub[i] > n / 2) {
            continue;
        }
        bool good = true;
        for (auto nxt: adj[i]) {
            if (nxt.first == p[i]) {
                continue;
            }
            if (sub[nxt.first] > n / 2) {
                good = false;
                break;
            }
        }
        if (good == false) {
            continue;
        }
        cent = i;
    }
    ll mn = 1e18;
    for (auto nxt: adj[cent]) {
        mn = min(mn, abs(depth[nxt.first] - depth[cent]));
    }
    ans -= mn;
    cout << ans << '\n';
}


Measured memory_bytes: 21660