import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.Queue;
import java.util.PriorityQueue;
public class Main {
 public static class Node {
  int n;
  int cost;
  public Node(int n) {
   this.n = n;
   this.cost = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
  }
 }
 public static class NodeComparator implements Comparator {
  public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
   Node n1 = (Node) o1;
   Node n2 = (Node) o2;
   if (n1.cost > n2.cost) return 1;
   if (n1.cost < n2.cost) return -1;
   return 0;
  }
 }
 public static Comparator < Node > nodeComparator = new Comparator < Node > () {
  @Override public int compare(Node n1, Node n2) {
   return n1.cost - n2.cost;
  }
 };
 public static int[] dijkstraImprove(int n, int start, ArrayList < HashMap < Integer, Integer >> matrix) {
  int[] cost = new int[n];
  boolean[] isChecked = new boolean[n];
  Node[] nodes = new Node[n];
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
   nodes[i] = new Node(i);
  }
  Queue < Node > q = new PriorityQueue < Node > (1, nodeComparator);
  nodes[start].cost = 0;
  q.add(nodes[start]);
  while (!q.isEmpty()) {
   Node node = q.poll();
   if (isChecked[node.n]) continue;
   isChecked[node.n] = true;
   HashMap < Integer, Integer > vector = matrix.get(node.n);
   for (int key: vector.keySet()) {
    if (isChecked[key]) continue;
    if (nodes[node.n].cost + vector.get(key) < nodes[key].cost) {
     nodes[key].cost = nodes[node.n].cost + vector.get(key);
     q.add(nodes[key]);
    }
   }
  }
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
   cost[i] = nodes[i].cost;
  }
  return cost;
 }
 public static int[] dijkstra(int n, int start, ArrayList < HashMap < Integer, Integer >> matrix) {
  boolean[] defnode = new boolean[n];
  int[] cost = new int[n];
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
   defnode[i] = false;
   cost[i] = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
  }
  cost[start] = 0;
  int node = start;
  int counter = 0;
  while (true) {
   counter++;
   if (counter == n || node == Integer.MAX_VALUE) return cost;
   defnode[node] = true;
   HashMap < Integer, Integer > list = matrix.get(node);
   for (int key: list.keySet()) {
    if (defnode[key]) continue;
    cost[key] = Math.min(cost[key], cost[node] + list.get(key));
   }
   int minnode = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
   int mincost = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
   for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
    if (defnode[i]) continue;
    if (cost[i] < mincost) {
     minnode = i;
     mincost = cost[i];
    }
   }
   node = minnode;
  }
 }
 public static int maxIndex(int[] lst) {
  int tmpMax = 0;
  int maxIdx = -1;
  for (int i = 0; i < lst.length; i++) {
   if (tmpMax <= lst[i]) {
    tmpMax = lst[i];
    maxIdx = i;
   }
  }
  return maxIdx;
 }
 public static void main(String[] args) {
   FS r = new FS();
   int v = r.nextInt();
   ArrayList < HashMap < Integer, Integer >> matrix = new ArrayList < HashMap < Integer, Integer >> ();
   for (int i = 0; i < v; i++) {
    matrix.add(new HashMap < Integer, Integer > ());
   }
   for (int i = 0; i < v - 1; i++) {
    int s = r.nextInt();
    int t = r.nextInt();
    int d = r.nextInt();
    matrix.get(s).put(t, d);
    matrix.get(t).put(s, d);
   }
   // int[] cost = dijkstra(v, maxIndex(dijkstra(v, 0, matrix)), matrix);
   int[] cost = dijkstraImprove(v, maxIndex(dijkstraImprove(v, 0, matrix)), matrix);
   System.out.println(cost[maxIndex(cost)]);
  }
  // Read Class 
 static class FS {
  private final InputStream in = System.in;
  private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
  private int ptr = 0;
  private int buflen = 0;
  private boolean hasNextByte() {
   if (ptr < buflen) {
    return true;
   } else {
    ptr = 0;
    try {
     buflen = in .read(buffer);
    } catch (IOException e) {
     e.printStackTrace();
    }
    if (buflen <= 0) {
     return false;
    }
   }
   return true;
  }
  private int readByte() {
   return hasNextByte() ? buffer[ptr++] : -1;
  }
  private boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
   return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
  }
  private void skipUnprintable() {
   while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr])) ptr++;
  }
  public boolean hasNext() {
   skipUnprintable();
   return hasNextByte();
  }
  public String next() {
   if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
   StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
   int b = readByte();
   while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
    sb.appendCodePoint(b);
    b = readByte();
   }
   return sb.toString();
  }
  public int nextInt() {
   return (int) nextLong();
  }
  public long nextLong() {
   if (!hasNext()) throw new NoSuchElementException();
   long n = 0;
   boolean minus = false;
   int b = readByte();
   if (b == '-') {
    minus = true;
    b = readByte();
   }
   if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
    throw new NumberFormatException();
   }
   while (true) {
    if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
     n *= 10;
     n += b - '0';
    } else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
     return minus ? -n : n;
    } else {
     throw new NumberFormatException();
    }
    b = readByte();
   }
  }
 }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 93932